The origin and dynamics of subalpine white spruce and balsam fir stands in boreal Eastern North America

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 932-947

  de Lafontaine, Guillaume ^a   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

14C AMS dating; Abies balsamea; boreal forest; charcoal analysis; eastern North America; fire disturbance; Picea glauca; size structure analysis; subalpine forest

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; HOLOCENE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE; PLATEAU; RADIOCARBON DATING; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 77955924779     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9366-x     Document Type: Article

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