Mixed-conifer understory response to climate change, nitrogen, and fire

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1543-1552

  Hurteau, Matthew ^a,b,c   North, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Climate change; Disturbance; Diversity; Fire; Forest fuels; Mixed conifer; Nitrogen deposition; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 44849125166     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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