Silvicultural and reserve impacts on potential fire behavior and forest conservation: Twenty-five years of experience from Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-379

  Stephens, Scott L ^a   Moghaddas, Jason J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown fire; Fire hazard; Forest restoration; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 20444393115     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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