Reproductive output of ponderosa pine in response to thinning and prescribed burning in western Montana

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 844-850

  Peters, Gregory ^a   Sala, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FIRES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PHYSIOLOGY; SEED;

RESIDUAL TREES; TREATMENT-SPECIFIC EFFECTS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED; THINNING;

FOREST FIRES; PINUS PONDEROSA; THINNING;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 43549119761     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-203     Document Type: Article

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