Reforestation after the fountain fire in Northern California: An untold success story

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Zhang, Jianwei ^a   Webster, Jeff ^b   Powers, Robert F ^a   Mills, John ^c,d  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c Roseburg Forest Products Co   (United States)

^d WM Beaty and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage and sequestration; Forest fires; Plant diversity; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; CALIFORNIA; CARBON STORAGE AND SEQUESTRATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRES; FOREST STAND; LOCAL ECONOMY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NATURAL SUCCESSION; PLANT DIVERSITY; POST-FIRE; TREE SPECIES;

DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

FIRES;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CHELATION; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; FIRES; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARDWOODS; PLANNING; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STORAGE; TREES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649135516     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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