Season and severity of prescribed burn in ponderosa pine forests: Implications for understory native and exotic plants

Ecoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-55

  Kerns, Becky K ^a,b   Thies, Walter G ^a   Niwa, Christine G ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; CART; Exotic species; Forest understory; Ponderosa pine; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 33645499315     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2006)13[44:SASOPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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