Controls on early post-fire woody plant colonization in riparian areas

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1350-1358

  Halofsky, Jessica E ^a   Hibbs, David E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early succession; Fire; Pacific Northwest; Riparian areas; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; BISCUIT FIRE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EARLY SUCCESSION; ECOLOGICAL SETTINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE SEVERITY; MOUNTAIN RANGES; OREGON , USA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POST-FIRE; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN PLANTS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANTS; WOODY SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

FIRES;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES CONCEPT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 68949145953     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.038     Document Type: Article

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