Boreal forests of eastern Canada revisited: Old growth, nonfire disturbances, forest succession, and biodiversity

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 509-523

  Bergeron, Yves ^a,b   Fenton, Nicole J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Fire; Old growth; Secondary disturbances; Succession; Understory biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; COMPLEXITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

CANADA;

EID: 84861871832     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B2012-034     Document Type: Article

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