Postfire survival in south Florida slash pine: Interacting effects of fire intensity, fire season, vegetation, burn size, and bark beetles

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-63

  Menges, Eric S ^a   Deyrup, Mark A ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire intensity; Fire management; Florida; Path analysis; Pine mortality; Pinus elliottii var. densa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035592036     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF01009     Document Type: Article

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