An alternative fire regime zonation for Canada

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1052-1064

  Boulanger, Yan ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^a   Burton, Philip J ^a   Vaillancourt, Marie Andŕe ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal forest; disturbance regime; ecodistricts; ecoprovinces; ecoregions; ecozones; regionalisation; spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870461566     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF11073     Document Type: Article

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