Differential responses of Bolivian timber species to prescribed fire and other gap treatments

New Forests

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Kennard, Deborah K ^a   Putz, Francis E ^b  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance intensity; Prescribed burning; Regeneration strategies; Seedling growth; Shade tolerance; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOVAL; SEED;

BIOMASS REMOVAL; BOLIVIAN TIMBER; CANOPY; PLANT REMOVAL TREATMENTS;

TIMBER;

CANOPY GAP; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; PLANTS; REMOVAL; SEEDS;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21044445829     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-004-0762-y     Document Type: Article

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