Prolonged Absence of Disturbance Associated with Increased Environmental Stress May Lead to Reduced Seedbank Size in Picea mariana in Boreal Eastern North America

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1135-1150

  Van Bogaert, Rik ^a,b   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   Drobyshev, Igor ^a,c   Jayen, Karelle ^a,d   Greene, David F ^e   Bergeron, Yves ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

black spruce; environmental stress; fire cycle; life history of a species; long disturbance intervals; paludification; seedbank size; tree growth rate

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FIRE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; PALUDIFICATION; PERSISTENCE; RANGE SIZE; REGENERATION; SEED; SEED BANK;

NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84944352215     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9888-3     Document Type: Article

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