Fire severity as a determinant factor of the decomposition rate of fire-killed black spruce in the northern boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 370-379

  Boulanger, Yan ^a   Sirois, Luc ^a   Hébert, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON EMISSIONS; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; DECOMPOSITION RATE; DETERMINANT FACTORS; FALLING-RATE; FIRE SEVERITY; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NECROMASS; PICEA MARIANA; POST-FIRE; VERTICAL POSITIONS; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEBRIS; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

FIRES;

BARK; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON EMISSION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOISTURE CONTENT; SAMPLING; WOODY DEBRIS;

FIRES; FORESTRY; MOISTURE;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 78951487725     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-218     Document Type: Article

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