Determinants of riparian fire severity in two Oregon fires, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1959-1973

  Halofsky, Jessica E ^a,b   Hibbs, David E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; FORESTRY; GARNETS; LANDFORMS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

BASAL AREA (BA); FACTORS CONTROLLING; FIRE EFFECTS; FIRE SEVERITY; FOREST STANDS; MINERAL SOILS; OREGON , USA; RIPARIAN AREAS; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING;

FIRES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FOREST FIRE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RIPARIAN FOREST; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNDERSTORY;

DISASTERS; FIRES; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SILICA; SILICATES; WETLANDS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47649102256     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-048     Document Type: Article

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