Cultural importance of white pine (Pinus Strobus l.) to the Kitcisakik Algonquin community of Western Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 544-551

  Uprety, Yadav ^a   Asselin, Hugo ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; KEY INFORMANTS; KEYSTONE SPECIES; QUEBEC , CANADA; RESTORATION STRATEGIES; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TREE SPECIES; WILDLIFE SPECIES;

RESTORATION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREE;

CANADA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; PINUS STROBUS; REFORESTATION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 84878771145     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0514     Document Type: Article

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