Plant community response to burning and herbicide site preparation in eastern Louisiana, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 774-780

  Miller, Darren A ^a   Chamberlain, Michael J ^b  

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Early successional habitat; Forest management; Herbicide; Imazapyr; Intensive forestry; Louisiana; Plant diversity; Plant richness; Prescribed fire; Site preparation; Stand establishment; Triclopyr; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES;

EARLY SUCCESSIONAL HABITAT; INTENSIVE FORESTRY; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT RICHNESS; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BURNING; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDES; PLANTS; SITE PREPARATION;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949149702     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.064     Document Type: Article

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