Fire regime and old-growth boreal forests in central quebec, Canada: An ecosystem management perspective

Silva Fennica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 889-908

  Bélisle, Annie Claude ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   Cyr, Dominic ^c   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Morin, Hubert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce feather moss; Dendrochronology; Ecosystem management; Fire history

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES;

BLACK SPRUCE; CLASS DISTRIBUTIONS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST DIVERSITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGE CLASS; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOSS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY; MOSS; PICEA MARIANA; QUEBEC;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84856638016     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.77     Document Type: Article

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