Fire history and the establishment of oaks and maples in second-growth forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1184-1198

  Hutchinson, Todd F ^a   Long, Robert P ^a   Ford, Robert D ^a   Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; PROBABILITY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BASAL CROSS SECTIONS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); THINNING;

ACER; PROBABILITY; QUERCUS;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACER; QUERCUS;

EID: 44449114118     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-216     Document Type: Article

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