Commercial tree regeneration 6 years after high-intensity burns in a seasonally dry forest in Bolivia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2199-2207

  Kennard, Deborah ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FIRE HAZARDS; RESEARCH; SOILS; VEGETATION;

HIGH-INTENSITY BURNS; LOW-INTENSITY BURNS; MECHANICAL CLEANING; SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

DRY FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SITE PREPARATION;

CATIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; PLANTS; RESEARCH; SOIL; TREES;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844326715     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-100     Document Type: Article

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