Forest management is driving the eastern North American boreal forest outside its natural range of variability

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 519-524

  Cyr, Dominic ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^c   Carcaillet, Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOGGING (TIMBER); STAND DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 64849106186     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/080088     Document Type: Article

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