A Shelterwood-Burn Technique for Regenerating Productive Upland Oak Sites in the Piedmont Region

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 158-163

  Brose, Patrick H ^a   Van Lear, David H ^a   Keyser, Patrick D ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MeadWestvaco Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARDWOODS; QUERCUS; SHELTERWOOD-BURN TECHNIQUES; SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0033360637     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/23.3.158     Document Type: Article

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