Mosses in northern ecosystems are ubiquitous components of plant communities, and
strongly influence nutrient, carbon and water cycling. We use literature review, synthesis and …

Much of Canada's terrestrial biodiversity is supported by boreal forests. Natural resource
development in boreal forests poses risks to this biodiversity. This paper reviews the …

Understory vegetation is the most diverse and least understood component of North
American boreal forests. Understory communities are important as they act as drivers of …

Étant donné l'augmentation globale des stress dans les forêts, plusieurs écologistes croient
que les gestionnaires doivent maintenir la résilience écologique, c'est-à-dire la capacité des …

Fire history was reconstructed for an area of 15 000 km2 located in the transition zone
between the mixed and coniferous forests in Quebec's southern boreal forest. We used …

Abstract Changes in boreal climate of the magnitude projected for the 21st century have
always caused vegetation changes large enough to be societally important. However, the …

Peatlands and forests cover large areas of the boreal biome and are critical for global
climate regulation. They also regulate regional climate through heat and water vapour …

The past decade has seen an increasing interest in forest management based on historical
or natural disturbance dynamics. The rationale is that management that favours landscape …

The Clay Belt region of Quebec and Ontario supports a large forest resource and an
important forest industry. In this region, the majority of the harvested volume allotted to forest …

The 12-site National Fire and Fire Surrogate study (FFS) was a multivariate experiment that
evaluated ecological consequences of alternative fuel-reduction treatments in seasonally …