Forest responses to the large-scale east coast fires in Korea

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-54

  Choung, Yeonsook ^a   Lee, Byung Chun ^b   Cho, Jae Hyoung ^b   Lee, Kyu Song ^c   Jang, In Soo ^d   Kim, Sun Hee ^e   Hong, Sun Kee ^f   Jung, Hui Cheul ^g   Choung, Heung Lak ^g  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^d Nat Environ Restoration Institute   (South Korea)

^e Donghae University   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^g Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Landscape change; Pinus densiflora; Regeneration; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; REGENERATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

PINUS DENSIFLORA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MONGOLICA; QUERCUS VARIABILIS;

EID: 1642342936     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2003.00607.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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