Woody plant regeneration after blowdown, salvage logging, and prescribed fire in a northern Minnesota forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1323-1330

  Palik, Brian ^a   Kastendick, Doug ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowdown; Disturbance; Forest regeneration; Minnesota; Prescribed fire; Salvage logging

Indexed keywords

BLOWDOWN; DISTURBANCE; FOREST REGENERATION; MINNESOTA; PRESCRIBED FIRE; SALVAGE LOGGING;

HARDWOODS; PERSONNEL; STORMS;

FIRES;

BURNING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURAL DISASTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; TREE PLANTING; WOODY PLANT;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BLOWING; FOREST FIRES; HARDWOODS; LOGGING; MINNESOTA; REFORESTATION; RELIEF; SALVAGE;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; POPULUS;

EID: 68949156367     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.034     Document Type: Article

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