Influence of fire and El Niño on tree recruitment varies by species in Sierran mixed conifer

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-197

  North, Malcolm ^a   Hurteau, Matthew ^b   Fiegener, Robert ^b,c   Barbour, Michael ^b  

^a Sierra Nevada Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies concolor; Abies magnifica; Calocedrus decurrens; Climate; Microclimate; Old growth; Palmer Drought Severity Index; Pinus jeffreyi; Pinus lambertiana; Sierra Nevada; Teakettle Experimental Forest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

JEFFREY PINE; MECHANICAL THINNING; SIERRAN MIXED CONIFER; SUGAR PINE RECRUITMENT;

FIRES;

CEDAR; FOREST FIRES; METEOROLOGY; SOFTWOODS; SUGAR; TREES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES MAGNIFICA; CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS LAMBERTIANA;

EID: 20444418704     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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