Natural succession and clearcutting as drivers of environmental heterogeneity and beta diversity in North American boreal forests

• Sergio García-Tejero,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Edge Hill University, Lancashire, United Kingdom

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• John R. Spence,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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• John O’Halloran,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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• Stephane Bourassa,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, Canada

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• Anne Oxbrough

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: anne.oxbrough@edgehill.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Edge Hill University, Lancashire, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8065-7085

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