Tree mortality patterns following prescribed fires in a mixed conifer forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3222-3238

  Kobziar, Leda ^a   Moghaddas, Jason ^b   Stephens, Scott L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MORTALITY MODELS; TREE DENSITY; TREE MORTALITY PATTERNS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DESIGN; FIRE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE PLANTING;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS; CONIFEROPHYTA; LITHOCARPUS; LITHOCARPUS DENSIFLORUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS KELLOGGII;

EID: 34249819824     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-183     Document Type: Article

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