Fuel reduction treatments affect stand structure of hardwood forests in Western North Carolina and Southern Ohio, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 3117-3129

  Waldrop, Thomas A ^a   Yaussy, Daniel A ^b   Phillips, Ross J ^a   Hutchinson, Todd A ^b   Brudnak, Lucy ^a   Boerner, Ralph E J ^c  

^a Southern Research Station   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Appalachian Plateau; Overstory mortality; Prescribed fire; Southern Appalachian Mountains; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS; HARDWOODS;

CENTRAL APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; OVERSTORY MORTALITY; PRESCRIBED FIRE; SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS;

FIRE RESISTANCE;

DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST FIRE; FUEL; GROWTH; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; FIRE RESISTANCE; FOREST FIRES; GROWTH; HARDWOODS;

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049088421     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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