Monitoring Forest Recovery Following Wildfire and Harvest in Boreal Forests Using Satellite Imagery

Monitoring Forest Recovery Following Wildfire and Harvest in Boreal Forests Using Satellite Imagery

In the managed boreal forest, harvesting has become a disturbance as important as fire. To assess whether forest recovery following both types of disturbance is similar, we compared post-disturbance revegetation rates of forests in 22 fire events and 14 harvested agglomerations (harvested areas over...

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Main Authors: Amar Madoui, Sylvie Gauthier, Alain Leduc, Yves Bergeron, Osvaldo Valeria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
Black spruce-feathermoss
disturbance
post-disturbance recovery
revegetation rate
succession
time since disturbance.
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/11/4105

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http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/11/4105

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