Interactions among forest composition, structure, fuel loadings and fire history: A case study of red pine-dominated forests of Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Michigan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1723-1733

  Drobyshev, Igor ^a   Goebel, P Charles ^a   Hix, David M ^b   Corace III, R Gregory ^c   Semko Duncan, Marie E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Seney National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal; Canopy dynamics; Dendrochronology; Fire hazard; Fire history; Fire management; Lake States; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION; DEBRIS; DISASTERS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; HARVESTING; POLARIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WOOD FUELS;

BOREAL; CANOPY DYNAMICS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFUGE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; FORMULATIONS; HARVESTING; MICHIGAN; PINUS RESINOSA; REFORESTATION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; SENEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 51649090683     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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