Returning fire to Ozark Highland forest ecosystems: Effects on advance regeneration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-53

  Dey, Daniel C ^a   Hartman, George ^b  

^a Northern Research Station   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Forest regeneration; Forest structure; Oak forests; Prescribed fire; Restoration; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ECOLOGY; FIRES; PROBABILITY; RESTORATION;

BURN TREATMENT; FOREST REGENERATION; PRESCRIBED FIRE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

ECOLOGY; FIRES; FORESTRY;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CORNUS; CORNUS FLORIDA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS COCCINEA; QUERCUS STELLATA; QUERCUS VELUTINA; SASSAFRAS;

EID: 25444492904     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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