Modeling postfire mortality of ponderosa pine following a mixed-severity wildfire in the Black Hills: The role of tree morphology and direct fire effects

Forest Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 530-539

  Keyser, Tara L ^a   Smith, Frederick W ^a   Lentile, Leigh B ^b   Shepperd, Wayne D ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown scorch; Logistic regression; Pinus ponderosa; South Dakota; Stem bole damage

Indexed keywords

FIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CROWN SCORCH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; STEM/BOLE DAMAGE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST FIRES; PINUS PONDEROSA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH DAKOTA;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 33751103401     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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