Fire severity and tree seedling establishment in abies magnifica forests, southern cascades, Oregon

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 628-640

  Chappell, Christopher B ^a,b   Agee, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Washington Natural Heritage Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies magnifica; Disturbance; Fire history and severity; Landscape ecology; Pinus contorta; Pinus monticola; Seedling survival; Stand dynamics; Succession; Tsuga mertensiana

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES MAGNIFICA; MONTICOLA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MONTICOLA; TSUGA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA; ABIES MAGNIFICA SHASTENSIS; PINACEAE;

FIRE SEVERITY; RED FIR; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHASTA RED FIR;

USA, OREGON, CASCADE RANGE, CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030417383     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269397     Document Type: Article

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