Boreal mixedwood stand dynamics: Ecological processes underlying multiple pathways

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 202-213

  Bergeron, Yves ^a   Chen, Han Y H ^b   Kenkel, Norman C ^c   Leduc, Albanie L ^d   Macdonald, S Ellen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian boreal mixedwood forest; Fire disturbance; Forest management emulating natural stand dynamics; Insect disturbance; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS;

BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; CANADIAN BOREAL MIXEDWOOD FOREST; CLIMATE REGIME; DISTURBANCE REGIME; FIRE DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT EMULATING NATURAL STAND DYNAMIC; INSECT DISTURBANCE; MIXEDWOOD FORESTS; STAND DYNAMICS;

DEFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MIXED FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CANADA; CLIMATES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84921456939     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2014-039     Document Type: Article

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