Paludification dynamics in the boreal forest of the James Bay Lowlands: Effect of time since fire and topography

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 546-552

  Simard, Martin ^a,b,c,d   Bernier, Pierre Y ^c   Bergeron, Yves ^a,b   Paré, David ^c   Guérine, Lakhdar ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; BASAL AREAS; BLACK SPRUCES; BOREAL FORESTS; FLUENCE; FOREST MANAGEMENTS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITIES; NORTHERN FORESTS; ORGANIC LAYERS; PALUDIFICATION; PICEA MARIANA; POST FIRES; POTENTIAL PRODUCTIVITIES; SITE PREPARATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STEEP SLOPES; SURFACE VARIABLES; YOUNG STANDS;

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; MOSS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PALUDIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STAND STRUCTURE;

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL;

CANADA; JAMES BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 64849115334     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-195     Document Type: Article

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