Forest Transformation Following European Settlement in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Valley in Eastern Québec, Canada

Human activities have changed forest composition of northeastern North America since European settlement by increasing the importance of pioneer shade-intolerant species, at the expense of shade-tolerant and long-lived species. This study used tree taxa lists from land survey archives (1842–1935) to...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Dupuis, Victor Danneyrolles, Jason Laflamme, Yan Boucher, Dominique Arseneault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00257/full