Forest structure and woody plant species composition along a fire chronosequence in mixed pine-oak forest in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeast Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 161-167

  González Tagle, Marco Aurelio ^a   Schwendenmann, Luitgard ^a   Pérez, Javier Jiménez ^b   Schulz, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fire; Forest structure; Mexico; Pine oak forests; Sierra Madre Oriental; Woody plant species composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; FIRES; WOOD;

FOREST STRUCTURE; PINE-OAK FORESTS; SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL; WOODY PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPECIES EVENNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; WILDFIRE; WOODY PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST FIRES; MEXICO; PINUS; QUERCUS; WOOD;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL;

PINUS TEOCOTE; QUERCUS;

EID: 44749084340     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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