Responses of Fendler ceanothus to overstory thinning, prescribed fire, and drought in an Arizona ponderosa pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 105-115

  Huffman, David W ^a   Moore, Margaret M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Ceanothus fendleri; Ecological restoration; Ponderosa pine forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DROUGHT; FIRES; SEED;

HERBIVORES; MORTALITY DATA; TREE THINNING;

ECOLOGY;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; THINNING;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FIRES; RESTRAINTS; SEEDING;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS FENDLERI; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; UNGULATA;

EID: 3543082199     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.040     Document Type: Article

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