Slow recolonization of burned oak-juniper woodlands by Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei): Ten years of succession after crown fire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 1057-1066

  Reemts, Charlotte M ^a   Hansen, Laura L ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b III Corps and Fort Hood   (United States)

Author keywords

Ashe juniper; Crown fire; Edwards Plateau; Oak juniper woodlands; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRE PROTECTION; SOILS;

ASHE JUNIPER; CROWN FIRE; EDWARDS PLATEAU; OAK-JUNIPER WOODLANDS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST FIRE; RECOLONIZATION; RESPROUTING; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHRUB; SOIL TYPE; TRANSECT; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; FORESTRY; SOIL; WOOD;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; FORT HOOD; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

DENDROICA CHRYSOPARIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI; QUERCUS;

EID: 39049165730     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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