Gradient analysis of an eastern sand savanna's woody vegetation, and its long-term responses to restored fire processes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1560-1571

  Haney, Alan ^a   Bowles, Marlin ^b   Apfelbaum, Steven ^c   Lain, Emily ^a   Post, Tom ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

^c Applied Ecological Services Inc   (United States)

^d INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire exclusion; Fire intensities; Long term change; Non oaks; Oaks; Ordination; Repeated burning; Shrub layer functional groups; Time since fire; Topographic gradient

Indexed keywords

FIRES; LAND USE; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FIRE EXCLUSION; FIRE INTENSITIES; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; INDIANA; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NON-OAKS; OAK SAVANNA; OAKS; ORDINATION; REPEATED BURNING; SHRUB LAYER FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SURVEY DATA; TIME SINCE FIRE; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENT; WOODY VEGETATION;

FIRE PROTECTION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIRE; ORDINATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA; SHRUB; TREE; VEGETATION;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 50849107347     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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