Variation in post-wildfire regeneration of boreal mixedwood forests: Underlying factors and implications for natural disturbance-based management

New Forests

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-234

  Gärtner, Stefanie M ^a   Bokalo, Mike ^b   Macdonald, S Ellen ^b   Stadt, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwood stand dynamics; Direct regeneration hypothesis; Forest resilience; Picea glauca; Populus tremuloides; Post fire regeneration; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BOREAL MIXEDWOOD STANDS; DIRECT REGENERATION; FOREST RESILIENCE; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; POST-FIRE REGENERATIONS; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT; MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION; RESILIENCE; STAND DYNAMICS; VEGETATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS; POPULUS SP.; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84893813745     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-013-9404-6     Document Type: Article

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