Patterns of conifer tree regeneration following an autumn wildfire event in the western Oregon Cascade Range, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 25-36

  Larson, Andrew J ^a   Franklin, Jerry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological legacies; Canopy seed bank; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Seedling establishment; Thuja plicata; Tsuga heterophylla; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRES; SEED;

BIOLOGICAL LEGACIES; CANOPY SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WILDFIRES;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STAND DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

DENSITY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SEEDLINGS; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 26444527399     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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