Managing for old growth in frequent-fire landscapes

Ecology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Fiedler, Carl E ^a   Friederici, Peter ^b   Petruncio, Mark ^c   Denton, Charles ^b   Hacker, W David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Forestry Program

^d NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Forest management; Function; Silvicultural treatments; Structure; Thinning

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SILVICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41249091081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02173-120220     Document Type: Article

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