Effects of repeated prescribed fires on the structure, composition, and regeneration of mixed-oak forests in Ohio

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 210-228

  Hutchinson, Todd F ^a   Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy ^a,b   Yaussy, Daniel A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Central hardwoods region; Fire; Mortality; Oak hickory forest; Prescribed burning; Quercus; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFORESTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VEGETATION;

ACERS; CENTRAL HARDWOODS REGIONS; OAK-HICKORY FORESTS; SUSTAINABILITY;

FIRES;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRES; MORTALITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

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

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; NYSSACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PRINUS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 26444475796     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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