A comparison of fire intensity levels for stand replacement of table mountain pine (Pinus pungens Lamb.)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 113, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 155-166

  Waldrop, Thomas A ^a   Brose, Patrick H ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Fire severity; Insolation; Prescribed burning; Serotiny

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; STAND DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033601738     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00422-8     Document Type: Article

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