Influence of fire season and fire behavior on woody plants in red-cockaded woodpecker clusters

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 124-133

  Sparks, Jeffrey C ^a,c   Masters, Ronald E ^a   Engle, David M ^a   Payton, Mark E ^a   Bukenhofer, George A ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Ecosystem restoration; Fire ecology; Forest management; Ouachita National Forest; Picoides borealis; Pine grassland ecosystem; Prescribed fire; Wildlife stand improvement

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WOODY PLANT;

PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS;

EID: 0032867787     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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