Modeling the effects of fire management alternatives on Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-94

  Miller, Carol ^a,c   Urban, Dean L ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire exclusion; Fire reintroduction; Fire suppression; Forest gap model; Fuel treatment; Mixed conifer forest; Prescribed fires and forest restoration; Sierra Nevada, California (USA); Spatial autocorrelation; Structure vs. process debate

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034141579     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0085:MTEOFM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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