Effects of prescribed fire on a Sierra Nevada (California, USA) stream and its riparian zone

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 37-59

  Bêche, Leah A ^a   Stephens, Scott L ^a   Resh, Vincent H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Large woody debris; Macroinvertebrate; Mixed conifer; Periphyton; Prescribed fire; Riparian; Sierra Nevada; Stream

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; FIRES; FUELS; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION; WOOD;

LARGE WOODY DEBRIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MIXED-CONIFER; PERIPHYTON; PRESCRIBED FIRES; RIPARIAN; SEIRRA NEVADA; STREAM;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CALIFORNIA; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; FUELS; PLANTS; SEDIMENTS; WOOD;

CALIFORNIA; DARK CANYON CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 26444544434     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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