Fire history and landscape dynamics in a late-successional reserve, Klamath Mountains, California, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 285-301

  Taylor, Alan H ^a   Skinner, Carl N ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age classes; Douglas fir; Fire ecology; Fire regimes; Landscape ecology; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SUCCESSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032495118     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00342-9     Document Type: Article

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