Forest fires and old-growth forest abundance in wet, cold, Engelmann spruce - Subalpine fir forests of British Columbia, Canada

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-353

  Kopra, K ^a,b   Feller, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Engelmann spruce Subalpine fir forests; Forest fire frequency; Old growth forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE DETERMINATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; GIS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 35948962835     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2007)27[345:FFAOFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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