The impact of broadcast burning and fire severity on species composition and abundance of surface vegetation in a jack pine (Pinus banksiana) clear-cut

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Whittle, C A ^a,b   Duchesne, L C ^a   Needham, T ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Broadcast burning; Fire ecology; Fire severity; Pinus banksiana; Rhizome; Seed

Indexed keywords

PINUS BANKSIANA; CAREX HOUGHTONII; CONVULVULUS SPITHAMEUS; DIERVILLA LONICERA; ERIGERON CANADENSIS; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LINNEA BOREALIS; PANICUM XANTHOPHYSUM; PINACEAE; PRUNUS PUMILA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; RUBUS ALLEGHENIENSIS; SALIX; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLOIDES; VIOLA ADUNCA;

ABUNDANCE; BROADCAST BURNING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE SEVERITY; JACK PINE; PRESCRIBED FIRE;

EID: 0030613055     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03969-2     Document Type: Article

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