Gap dynamics in aspen stands of the clay belt of northwestern Quebec following a forest tent caterpillar outbreak

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1606-1617

  Moulinier, Julien ^a   Lorenzetti, François ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPEN STANDS; CANOPY GAPS; CANOPY OPENING; CLOSED CANOPIES; GAP DYNAMICS; GAP FORMATION; GAP SIZE; LANDSCAPE LEVEL; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; STAND LEVELS; STAND STRUCTURES; TREMBLING ASPEN;

REFORESTATION;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY GAP; CATERPILLAR; CLAY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PEST OUTBREAK; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 80051758674     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-075     Document Type: Article

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