Fire Regime along Latitudinal Gradients of Continuous to Discontinuous Coniferous Boreal Forests in Eastern Canada

Fire is the main disturbance in North American coniferous boreal forests. In Northern Quebec, Canada, where forest management is not allowed, the landscape is gradually constituted of more opened lichen woodlands. Those forests are discontinuous and show a low regeneration potential resulting from t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jeanne Portier, Sylvie Gauthier, Alain Leduc, Dominique Arseneault, Yves Bergeron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/7/10/211