Fuels on disturbed and undisturbed sites in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1134-1141

  Waldrop, Thomas A ^a   Brudnak, Lucy ^a   Rideout Hanzak, Sandra ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

BEETLE-KILLED PLOTS; DISTURBANCE HISTORY; FUEL DISTRIBUTION; SLOPE POSITION;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ASPECT; DISTURBANCE; FUEL; LITTER; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY;

APPALACHIA; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOUNTAINS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; KALMIA LATIFOLIA; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 34948883944     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-302     Document Type: Article

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