Did lightning-initiated growing season fires characterize oak-dominated ecosystems of southern Ohio?

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-224

  Petersen, Sheryl M ^a   Drewa, Paul B ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Hardwoods Region; Growing season fire; Lightning strikes; Oak hickory forests; Resprouting; Southern Ohio; Woody groundcover species

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORM; VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 33748282586     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2006)133[217:DLGSFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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