The effect of fire interval on post-fire understorey communities in Yellowstone National Park

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 797-806

  Schoennagel, T ^a,c   Waller, D M ^a   Turner, M G ^a   Romme, W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Disturbance ecology; Fire ecology; Functional group; Landscape ecology; Lodgepole pine; Pinus contorta; Post fire succession; Subalpine

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 10344230467     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02323.x     Document Type: Article

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