Re-examining fire severity relations in pre-management era mixed conifer forests: Inferences from landscape patterns of forest structure

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 5-24

  Hessburg, Paul F ^a   Salter, R Brion ^a   James, Kevin M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry forests; Ecoregions; Fire severity; Historical range of variability; Inland Northwest USA; Mixed conifer forests; Mixed severity fire; Non equilibrium dynamics

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST CANOPY; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 35848959032     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9098-2     Document Type: Article

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