Densification, stand-replacement wildfire, and extirpation of mixed conifer forest in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, southern California

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 36-45

  Goforth, Brett R ^a   Minnich, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calocedrus decurrens; Cedar fire; Deforestation; Fire suppression; Forest extirpation; Forest fire; Prescribed burning; Santa Ana winds; Succession; Vegetation dynamics; Weislander Vegetation Type Map

Indexed keywords

FIRE HAZARDS; VEGETATION;

CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS; CEDAR FIRE; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FOREST EXTIRPATION; FOREST FIRE;

DEFORESTATION;

CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MIXED FOREST; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHRUB; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; PLANTS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; CUYAMACA RANCHO STATE PARK; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA SAN PEDRO MARTIR NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS LAMBERTIANA; PINUS PONDEROSA; QUERCUS CHRYSOLEPIS; QUERCUS KELLOGGII;

EID: 44749085647     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.032     Document Type: Article

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