Probability of tree survival after wildfire in an interior pine forest of northern California: Effects of thinning and prescribed fire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 200-208

  Ritchie, Martin W ^a   Skinner, Carl N ^a   Hamilton, Todd A ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Ponderosa pine; Structural diversity; Survival function

Indexed keywords

FIRE ECOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; FIRES; PROBABILITY;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIRE BEHAVIOR; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; WILDFIRE;

ECOLOGY; FIRES; PINUS PONDEROSA; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 34447267980     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.044     Document Type: Article

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