Impact of multiple fires on stand structure and tree regeneration in central Appalachian oak forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 146-158

  Signell, Stephen A ^a,c   Abrams, Marc D ^a   Hovis, Joseph C ^b   Henry, Shannon W ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy density; Fire; Oak recruitment; Pennsylvania; Red maple

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CANOPY DENSITY; OAK RECRUITMENTS; RED MAPLES; SHADE INTOLERANT;

FIRE HAZARDS;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FIRE; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; COMBUSTION; FOREST FIRES; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL TRAINING; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION; SAPLINGS; SHADES; TOLERANCE;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 26444561808     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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