A comparison of residual forest following fires and harvesting in boreal forests in Quebec, Canada

Silva Fennica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-376

  Dragotescu, Iulian ^a   Kneeshaw, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Boreal mixedwood; Clearcuts; Disturbances; Forest fires; Residual forests; Tree retention

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; HARVESTING;

BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; CLEARCUTS; DISTURBANCES; FOREST FIRES; RESIDUAL FORESTS; TREE RETENTION;

FIRES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; HARVESTING; MIXED FOREST; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER RETENTION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; HARVESTING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84866931724     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.47     Document Type: Article

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