Initial vegetation response to prescribed fire in some oak-hickory forests of the South Carolina Piedmont

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 216-222

  Vandermast, David B ^a   Moorman, Christopher E ^b   Russell, Kevin R ^c   Van Lear, David H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundcover composition; Prescribed burns; Tree regeneration; Upland hardwoods

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GROUND COVER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEEDLING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM PALLIDUM;

EID: 3242698950     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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