Abstract:To explain the ecocline between the southern mixedwood and the northern coniferous bioclimatic domains dominated, respectively, by balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) and black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.), 59 field sites and 7010 sample plots (from the Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife, and Parks), with no major disturbances, were selected throughout the two bioclimatic domains. Regeneration (seedlings and saplings), mortality (difference between seedlings and saplings) of balsam fir, and black… Show more
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