Effects of fire severity and pre-fire stand treatment on plant community recovery after a large wildfire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 855-865

  Kuenzi, Amanda M ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^a   Sieg, Carolyn Hull ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Non native species; Plant community; Ponderosa pine; Southwest; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES;

NON-NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; GRASS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WHEAT; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; PINUS PONDEROSA; WHEAT;

APACHE NATIONAL FOREST; ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38949191626     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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