Presettlement forests and fire in southern Alabama

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1723-1736

  Predmore, S Andrew ^a   McDaniel, Josh ^a,b   Kush, John S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research and Safety Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; SOILS; UNITED STATES;

BEARING DISTANCES; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS (DCA);

FIRES;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PERSEA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PINUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MARILANDICA;

EID: 36549030743     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-016     Document Type: Article

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