Influence of thinning and burning restoration treatments on presettlement ponderosa pines at the Gus Pearson Natural Area

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1295-1306

  Feeney, Shelly R ^a   Kolb, Thomas E ^a   Covington, W Wallace ^a   Wagner, Michael R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; EFFECTS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESINS; REVEGETATION; WATER;

BASAL AREA; BURNED TREATMENT; INSECT RESISTANCE; LEAF PHYSIOLOGY; RESOURCE UPTAKE; RESTORATION TREATMENTS; THINNED TREATMENT; TREE GROWTH; TREE STAND;

FORESTRY;

FOREST; HABITAT RESTORATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; THINNING;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0032172365     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-103     Document Type: Article

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