The establishment and development of oak forests in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1790-1797

  Soucy, Rick D ^a   Heitzman, Eric ^a,c   Spetich, Martin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FIRES; HARVESTING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

FIRE SCAR ANALYSIS; OAK FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; REGENERATION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

COMBUSTION; FIRES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 29844456162     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-104     Document Type: Article

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