Modeling stability and resilience after slashburning across a sub-boreal to subalpine forest gradient in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-316

  Hamilton, Evelyn H ^a   Haeussler, Sybille ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; VEGETATION;

CLEAR-CUTTING; MODELING STABILITY;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGROWTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; REVEGETATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 40749120343     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-098     Document Type: Article

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