Vegetation responses to natural and salvage logged fire edges in Douglas-fir/hardwood forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 266-278

  Hanson, Jacob J ^a,b   Stuart, John D ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Douglas fir; Edge; Edge effects; Fire; Old growth; Salvage logging; Understory

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALVAGING; VEGETATION;

DEPTH OF EDGE INFLUENCE (DEI); FIRE SUPPRESSION; HIGH SEVERITY FIRES; TWO WAY INDICATOR SPECIES ANALYSIS (TWINSPAN);

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EDGE EFFECT; FIRE; PLANT COMMUNITY; UNDERSTORY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; FORMULATIONS; GROWTH; HARDWOODS; INDICATORS; PLANTS; SALVAGE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 21444440582     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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