Response of antelope bitterbrush to repeated prescribed burning in Central Oregon ponderosa pine forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 904-910

  Busse, Matt D ^a   Riegel, Gregg M ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire risk; Mule deer habitat; Purshia tridentata; Wildfire; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

FIRE RISK; MULE DEER HABITAT; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA; WILDFIRE; WILDLIFE HABITAT;

FIRES;

ABUNDANCE; BROWSING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEER; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PHYTOMASS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHRUB; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FARM CROPS; FOREST FIRES; GERMINATION; MORTALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 58149308306     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.026     Document Type: Article

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