Natural fire cycles in the eastern Canadian boreal forest allow a significant proportion of
stands to develop beyond industrial forest rotations. Sustainable forest management must …

We conducted a high-stratigraphic resolution palaeoecological study (fossil pollen, plant-
macrofossils, charcoal, stomata, sediment stratigraphy) of two organic sedimentary deposits …

Rocky outcrops represent about 30% of the boreal forest of Abitibi, Québec, Canada.
Although these outcrops have similar edaphic and climatic conditions, their vegetation can …

The boreal forest is a circumpolar zone governed by climate and characterized by strong
seasonal variation. It encompasses more than 30% of the Earth's forests and a significant …

Boreal forests are warming faster than the rest of the planet. Do the benefits of higher
temperatures and longer growing seasons for forest productivity exceed the negative effects …

Question: In the boreal forest of eastern Canada, how does forest vegetation change in the
sustained absence of fire? Location: Eastern boreal forest in Quebec's North Shore region …

Even‐aged silviculture based on short‐rotation clearcuts had severely altered boreal forests.
Silvicultural alternatives (eg continuous cover or retention forestry) have the potential to …

Pollen analyses from eight sites and fifty-seven radiocarbon analyses from nine sites are
described to give a vegetation history and chronology across the Barrington Tops Plateau. It …

Summary 1 We reconstructed the dynamics of a black spruce (Picea mariana) and jack pine
(Pinus banksiana) forest stand in northern Québec using a continuous, 5200‐year‐long …

This open access book explores a new conceptual framework for the sustainable
management of the boreal forest in the face of climate change. The boreal forest is the …