Influence of recent fire season and severity on black spruce regeneration in spruce-moss forests of Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1316-1327

  Veilleux Nolin, Mélanie ^a,b   Payette, Serge ^b  

^a Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FIRE SEVERITY; INSECT OUTBREAKS; LICHEN WOODLANDS; LOW-SEVERITY FIRE; MINERAL SOILS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PICEA MARIANA; PLANT SPECIES; POST-FIRE REGENERATIONS; QUEBEC , CANADA; SPRUCE-MOSS; THICK LAYERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; FIRES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

REFORESTATION;

CONIFEROUS TREE; LICHEN; MIXED FOREST; MOSS; ORGANIC MATTER; REGENERATION; SESTON; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84864805863     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-098     Document Type: Article

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