Fire and vegetation dynamics in high-elevation neotropical montane forests of the Dominican Republic

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Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 535-541

  Sherman, Ruth E ^a   Martin, Patrick H ^b   Fahey, Timothy J ^a   Degloria, Steve D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOTONE; ELEVATION; FIELD SURVEY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MONTANE FOREST; QUICKBIRD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [DOMINICAN REPUBLIC]; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 59049108047     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-37.7.535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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