Mixed conifer forest mortality and establishment before and after prescribed fire in Sequoia National Park, California

Forest Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-355

  Mutch, Linda S ^a   Parsons, David J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary logistic regression; Demography; Fire severity; Percent crown volume scorched

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031694732     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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