Variability in Fire Frequency and Forest Composition in Canada's Southeastern Boreal Forest: A Challenge for Sustainable Forest Management

Because some consequences of fire resemble the effects of industrial forest harvesting, forest management is often considered as a disturbance having effects similar to those of natural disturbances. Although the analogy between forest management and fire disturbance in boreal ecosystems has some me...

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Main Authors: Yves Bergeron, Pierre J.H. Richard, Christopher Carcaillet, Sylvie Gauthier, Mike Flannigan, Yves T. Prairie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 1998-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol2/iss2/art6/