Trembling aspen response to a mixed-severity wildfire in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2679-2684

  Keyser, Tara L ^a   Smith, Frederick W ^a   Shepperd, Wayne D ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; FIRE HAZARDS;

SHADE-TOLERANT PONDEROSA; SUCKERING RESPONSE;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION; WILDFIRE;

CLONES; FIRES; FORESTRY; PINUS;

BLACK HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 33644593725     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-180     Document Type: Article

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