Variability in fire frequency and forest composition in Canada's Southeastern Boreal Forest: A challenge for sustainable forest management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Bergeron, Yves ^a   Richard, Pierre J H ^b   Carcaillet, Christopher ^b   Gauthier, Sylvie ^c   Flannigan, Mike ^c   Prairie, Yves T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; mixedwood; Fire regime; Holocene vegetation; Management for biodiversity; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249159314     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00049-020206     Document Type: Article

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