Forest recovery patterns in response to divergent disturbance regimes in the Border Lakes region of Minnesota (USA) and Ontario (Canada)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-211

  Sturtevant, Brian R ^a   Miranda, Brian R ^a   Wolter, Peter T ^b   James, Patrick M A ^c   Fortin, Marie Josée ^d   Townsend, Philip A ^e  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Disturbance regime; Forest harvest patterns; Forest recovery; Landscape disturbance legacy; Natural disturbance patterns

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; RECOVERY;

BOREAL FORESTS; DISTURBANCE REGIME; FOREST HARVEST; FOREST RECOVERY; LANDSCAPE DISTURBANCE; NATURAL DISTURBANCE;

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; DISTURBANCE; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; LAND COVER; PIXEL; REGENERATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CANADA; MINNESOTA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889562439     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.039     Document Type: Article

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