Altered fire regimes affect landscape patterns of plant succession in the foothills and mountains of southern California

Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 885-898

  Franklin, Janet ^a   Syphard, Alexandra D ^b   He, Hong S ^c   Mladenoff, David J ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Ecotone; LANDIS; Landscape simulation model; Obligate seeder; Pine forest; Plant functional type

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS COULTERI;

EID: 28844441696     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0017-6     Document Type: Article

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