Fire regimes of the piñon-juniper woodlands of Big Bend National Park and the Davis Mountains, west Texas, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1236-1246

  Poulos, H M ^a   Gatewood, R G ^b   Camp, A E ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Big Bend National Park   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE REGIMES; FIRE SCARS; FOREST STAND; FOREST STRUCTURE; LOW-INTENSITY; NATURE CONSERVANCY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TEXAS , USA; TREE REGENERATION;

FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PARKS;

FIRES;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; REGENERATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WOODLAND;

CLIMATES; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; DAVIS MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 67649383318     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-052     Document Type: Article

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