Dwarf mistletoe effects on fuel loadings in ponderosa pine forests in northern Arizona

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 662-670

  Hoffman, Chad ^a,c   Mathiasen, Robert ^a   Sieg, Carolyn Hull ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; SOIL MECHANICS;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; SNAG DENSITY; SURFACE FUEL LOADINGS;

FUNGI;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUELWOOD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITIC PLANT; SNAG;

FORESTS; FOSSIL FUELS; INFESTATION; MISTLETOE; SOIL;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM; ARCEUTHOBIUM VAGINATUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 34547866751     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-259     Document Type: Article

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