Tree mortality and vine proliferation following a wildfire in a subhumid tropical forest in eastern Bolivia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 247-252

  Pinard, Michelle A ^a,b   Putz, Francis E ^c,d   Licona, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Proyecto BOLFOR   (Bolivia)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal stem damage; Bolivia; Fire; Lianas; Mortality; Resprouting; Silviculture; Tropical moist forest; Vine proliferation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST FIRE; MORTALITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0033548905     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00447-2     Document Type: Article

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