Role of burning season on initial understory vegetation response to prescribed fire in a mixed conifer forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-22

  Knapp, Eric E ^a   Schwilk, Dylan W ^b   Kane, Jeffrey M ^b,c   Keeley, Jon E ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FUELS; VEGETATION;

MIXED CONIFER FORESTS; PLANT GROWTH; POSTFIRE VEGETATION RECOVERY; UNBURNED CONTROL UNITS;

FIRE HAZARDS;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; PLANTS;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34250316676     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-200     Document Type: Article

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