Modeling the influence of precipitation and nitrogen deposition on forest understory fuel connectivity in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2460-2468

  Hurteau, Matthew D ^a   North, Malcolm ^b   Foin, Theodore ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USFS Sierra Nevada Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fire; Plant community

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CALIFORNIA; FIRE SIZE; FOREST UNDERSTORY; FUEL LOADS; INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; MODEL OUTPUTS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PLANT BIOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SIERRA NEVADA; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESEARCH WORK; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; CLIMATES; FIRES; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; NITROGEN; PLANTS; PRECIPITATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 68949144980     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.032     Document Type: Article

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