Structural characteristics of frequently-burned old-growth longleaf pine stands in the Mountains of Alabama

Castanea

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-221

  Varner III, J Morgan ^a   Kush, John S ^a   Meldahl, Ralph S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FIRE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECRUITMENT; STAND STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0142182549     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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