A new approach to ecological land classification for the Canadian boreal forest that integrates disturbances

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Grondin, Pierre ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   Borcard, Daniel ^c   Bergeron, Yves ^d   Noël, Jean ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological gradients; Ecological land classification; Homogeneous vegetation landscapes; Human disturbances; K means clustering; Natural disturbances; Redundancy analysis; Variation partitioning of vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BOREAL FOREST; DATABASE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; HOMOGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOSS; SUCCESSION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; HEXAPODA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84895067991     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9961-2     Document Type: Article

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