Giant sequoia regeneration in group selection openings in the southern Sierra Nevada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 89-95

  Stephens, Scott L ^a   Dulitz, David J ^b   Martin, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Sequoiadendron giganteum; Silviculture; Uneven aged management

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REGENERATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033549624     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00530-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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