Monitoring forest recovery following wildfire and harvest in boreal forests using satellite imagery

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4105-4134

  Madoui, Amar ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   Leduc, Alain ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^c   Valeria, Osvaldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce feathermoss; Disturbance; Post disturbance recovery; Revegetation rate; Succession; Time since disturbance

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; HARVESTING; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL CONSERVATION;

BLACK SPRUCE; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DISTURBANCE; INITIATION PHASE; LAND-COVER TYPES; SUCCESSION; TIME SINCE DISTURBANCE; VEGETATION COVER;

FORESTRY;

BIOMONITORING; BOREAL FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HARVESTING; REVEGETATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDFIRE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84949492430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6114105     Document Type: Article

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