Multi-millennial fire frequency and tree abundance differ between xeric and mesic boreal forests in central Canada

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 356-367

  Senici, Dominic ^a   Lucas, Aurore ^b   Chen, Han Y H ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^b   Larouche, Alayn ^c   Brossier, Benoit ^d   Blarquez, Olivier ^d   Ali, Adam A ^b,d  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Climate; Fire history; Holocene; Macroremains; Neoglaciation; Palaeoecology and land use history; Ripley's K function; Spearman's ; Vegetation abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE; NEOGLACIAL; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84874196028     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12047     Document Type: Article

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