The role of disturbance severity and canopy closure on standing crop of understory plant species in ponderosa pine stands in northern Arizona, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1656-1662

  Sabo, Kyla E ^a   Sieg, Carolyn Hull ^b   Hart, Stephen C ^c   Bailey, John Duff ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground understory plant standing crop; Grazing; Non native plant species; Prescribed burning; Thinning; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CROPS; DROUGHT; FIRES; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABOVEGROUND UNDERSTORY PLANT STANDING CROP; GRAZING; NON-NATIVE PLANT SPECIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYTOMASS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PROTECTED AREA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; THINNING; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; DROUGHT; FARM CROPS; FIRES; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 62049083021     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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