Vegetation Dynamics in a fire damaged forest area: The response of major ground vegetation species

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-215

  Kristi, Parro ^a   Kajar, Köster ^a   Kalev, Jõgiste ^a   Floortje, Vodde ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Fire; Ground vegetation; Post fire management; Prescribed fire; Salvage logging; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149094187     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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