Ponderosa pine snag densities following multiple fires in the Gila Wilderness, New Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 140-146

  Holden, Zachary Alan ^a   Morgan, Penelope ^a   Rollins, Matthew G ^b   Wright, R Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Ponderosa pine; Snag; Southwest

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

PONDEROSA PINES; SNAG; SOUTHWEST;

FIRES;

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RECRUITMENT; SNAG;

FIRES; FORESTRY; PINUS;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29744467976     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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