Historic anthropogenically maintained bear grass savannas of the Southeastern Olympic Peninsula

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-615

  Peter, David ^a   Shebitz, Daniela ^b  

^a Forestry Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

^b KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenically maintained; Bear grass; Ecosystem; Fire; Olympic Peninsula; Plant association; Prairie; Savanna; Skokomish Tribe; Twana; Washington; Woodland; Xerophyllum tenax

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BURNING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; SAVANNA; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE RING; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ANIMALIA; NOLINA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; XEROPHYLLUM TENAX;

EID: 33751035276     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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