Prescribed fire in oak savanna: Fire frequency effects on stand structure and dynamics

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 914-927

  Peterson, D W ^a   Reich, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire frequency; LTER; Oak savanna; Oak woodland; Prescribed burning; Quercus ellipsoidalis; Quercus macrocarpa; Restoration; Stand dynamics; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SAVANNA; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

ANOKA SAND PLAIN; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; AMELANCHIER; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS ELLIPSOIDALIS; QUERCUS MACROCARPA;

EID: 0034969048     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0914:PFIOSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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