Fire and the origin of Table Mountain pine - Pitch pine communities in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 710-718

  Brose, Patrick H ^a   Waldrop, Thomas A ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE HAZARDS; REFORESTATION;

PINE REGENERATION; RADIAL GROWTH PATTERNS; TABLE MOUNTAIN PINE; WILDFIRES;

SOFTWOODS;

FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; REGENERATION; STAND DYNAMICS;

FOREST FIRES; PINUS; REFORESTATION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS PUNGENS; PINUS RIGIDA;

EID: 33745657480     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-281     Document Type: Article

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