Evaluating the ecological sustainability of a ponderosa pine ecosystem on the Kaibab plateau in northern Arizona

Fire Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-114

  Weisz, Reuben ^a   Triepke, Jack ^a   Truman, Russ ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Historical range of variability; Landscape ecology; Landscape models; Ponderosa pine; Reference conditions; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ARIZONA; KAIBAB PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 66449104957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19339747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0501100     Document Type: Article

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