Fire regimes and resultant forest structure in the native Año Nuevo Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) forest, California

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-36

  Stephens, Scott L ^a   Piirto, Douglas D ^b   Caramagno, Domenico F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CRUZ COUNTY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 3142664024     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0025:FRARFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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