Hurricane-fire interactions in coastal forests of the south: A review and hypothesis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 265-276

  Myers, Richard K ^a   Van Lear, David H ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Fire ecology; Hurricane; Hurricane fire interactions; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; HURRICANE; WILDFIRE;

(SOUTH CENTRAL); (SOUTHEAST); USA;

EID: 0032550303     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00223-5     Document Type: Review

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