Responses of chaparral and oak woodland plant communities to fuel-reduction thinning in southwestern Oregon

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-109

  Perchemlides, Keith A ^a,b   Muir, Patricia S ^b   Hosten, Paul E ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctostaphylos; Ceanothus; Exotic annual grasses; Mastication

Indexed keywords

CHAPARRAL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; FUEL; GRASS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THINNING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; CEANOTHUS; POACEAE;

EID: 38549090776     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-026R1.1     Document Type: Article

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