Spatial pattern analyses of post-fire residual stands in the black spruce boreal forest of western Quebec

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1110-1126

  Madoui, Amar ^a   Leduc, Alain ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

fire pattern; physiographic zone; satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 78650256453     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10049     Document Type: Article

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