"Minimal-Impact" restoration treatments have limited effects on forest structure and fuels at Grand Canyon, USA

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-368

  Fulé, Peter Z ^a   Covington, W Wallace ^a   Stoddard, Michael T ^a   Bertolette, Don ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Fire; Fuel reduction; Southwest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33747357285     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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