Long-term fire and forest history of subalpine balsam fir (Abies balsamea) and white spruce (Picea glauca) stands in eastern Canada inferred from soil charcoal analysis

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-201

  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; ecological succession; macrofossil analysis; mineral soil charcoal; Picea glauca

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIVERGENCE; FIRE HISTORY; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RADIOCARBON DATING; RELICT COMMUNITY; RETURN PERIOD; SOIL ANALYSIS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84855412574     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611414931     Document Type: Article

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