The effects of prescribed burning and canopy openness on establishment of two non-native plant species in a deciduous forest, southeast Ohio, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 238, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 319-329

  Glasgow, Lance S ^a   Matlack, Glenn R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Fire; Invasive; Litter; Microstegium vimineum; Non native species; Oak; Rosa multiflora

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; NON NATIVE SPECIES; ROSA MULTIFLORA;

FIRE HAZARDS;

CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; QUERCUS;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; ROSA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 33845937748     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.025     Document Type: Article

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