Wildfire burn patterns and riparian vegetation response along two northern Sierra Nevada streams

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 254-265

  Kobziar, Leda N ^a   McBride, Joe R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus incana; Cornus sericea; Fire; Fire management; Mixed conifer; Regeneration; Riparian; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; TOPOLOGY;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; MIXED CONIFER; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN; SPROUTING;

VEGETATION;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WILDFIRE;

ALNUS INCANA; CORNUS; FOREST FIRES; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; ALNUS INCANA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORNUS; CORNUS SERICEA;

EID: 31444448680     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.024     Document Type: Article

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