Forest succession rate and pathways on different surface deposit types in the boreal forest of northwestern Quebec

Ecoscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-340

  Belleau, Annie ^a   Leduc, Alain ^b   Lecomte, Nicolas ^c   Bergeron, Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Valeur Nature   (Canada)

Author keywords

black spruce; boreal forest; Clay Belt; forest succession; paludification; semi Markov chain

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BOREAL FOREST; CLAY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATABASE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; PALUDIFICATION; SUCCESSION; TILL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84858268421     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/18-4-3393     Document Type: Article

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