Early settlement forest structure in Black Hills ponderosa pine forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 284-290

  Brown, Peter M ^a   Cook, Blaine ^b  

^a Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Research   (United States)

^b Black Hills National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire regime; Forest structure; Historical range of variability; Ponderosa pine

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE;

FOREST STRUCTURE; PINE FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

FIRE; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PINUS;

BLACK HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 32344446473     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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