Prescribed fire effects on deciduous oak woodland stand structure, northern Diablo Range, California

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-301

  Fry, Danny L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; Classification tree; Crown closure; Fire scar; Quercus; Resprout; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DAMAGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; MORTALITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; STAND STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; DIABLO RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS DOUGLASII; QUERCUS KELLOGGII; QUERCUS LOBATA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 62149110052     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-113.1     Document Type: Article

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