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Articles by Iulian Dragotescu
Category : Research article
article id 47,
category
Research article
(2012).
A comparison of residual forest following fires and harvesting in boreal forests in Quebec, Canada.
Silva Fennica
vol.
46
no.
3
article id 47.
https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.47
Keywords:
forest fires;
biodiversity;
boreal mixedwood;
clearcuts;
disturbances;
residual forests;
tree retention
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Residual forests are a key component of post-burned areas creating structure within burns and providing habitat and seed sources. Yet, despite their importance to biodiversity and ecosystem processes there is little information on how similar or different residuals in burned landscape are to harvested landscapes. Our goal was to examine and compare the density, size, shape, and spatial arrangement of residual forest vegetation after fire and clearcutting. We evaluated residual forest in two locations within the boreal mixedwood region of Quebec, Canada using aerial photo interpretation and ArcGIS 9.1 software. We found residual stands to be larger and more abundant in harvested zones relative to sites affected by fire. Differences with respect to shape and spatial arrangement of residual forest were also observed among disturbance types. Factors such as proximity to watercourses, watercourse shape, and physiography affected residual abundance and spatial distribution. Residual forest in harvested zones tended to be more elongated with greater edge due to rules governing forest operations. Despite greater quantity of residual forest in harvested areas than fires, managers should still be prudent as the surrounding forest matrix is reduced in many managed landscapes.
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Dragotescu,
Université du Québec à Montréal, Centre d’Étude de la Forêt (CEF), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
E-mail:
idragot@hotmail.com
- Kneeshaw, Université du Québec à Montréal, Centre d’Étude de la Forêt (CEF), Montreal, Quebec, Canada E-mail: ddk@nn.ca
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