Interacting Disturbances in the Boreal Forest and the Importance of Spatial Legacies at Multiple Scales

Forest disturbances and the spatial patterns they create affect ecosystem processes through their influence on forest vegetation from individual trees to landscapes. In the boreal and mixed-wood forests of eastern Canada the main agents of disturbance are logging, fire, and defoliation by the spruc...

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Main Author: James, Patrick Michael Arthur
Other Authors: Fortin, Marie-Josee
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/19279