Wildfire promotes broadleaves and species mixture in boreal forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 343-350

  Chen, Han Y H ^a   Vasiliauskas, Stan ^b   Kayahara, Gordon J ^a,b   Ilisson, Triin ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Betula papyrifera; Boreal forest; Compositional difference; Direct regeneration; Fire; Picea glauca; Picea mariana; Pinus banksiana; Populus species

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FIRES; FORECASTING; HARDWOODS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BOREAL FOREST; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; DIRECT REGENERATION; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; REGENERATION; WILDFIRE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA STORAGE; FORECASTS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS;

EID: 56449114428     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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