Effects of post-fire conditions on germination and seedling success of diffuse knapweed in northern Arizona

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 342-358

  Wolfson, B A S ^a,b   Kolb, T E ^a   Sieg, C H ^b   Clancy, K M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurea diffusa; Exotic; Invasive; Pinus ponderosa; Seed viability; Slash pile burning; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRES; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED; SOILS;

CENTAUREA DIFFUSA; EXOTIC; INVASIVE; SEED VIABILITY; SLASH PILE BURNING; WILDFIRES;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GERMINATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VIABILITY; WEED CONTROL; WILDFIRE;

FIRES; FORESTS; GERMINATION; PINUS PONDEROSA; SOIL;

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

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA DIFFUSA; PINUS ARIZONICA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 24944510396     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.047     Document Type: Article

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