Thinning and burning in dry coniferous forests of the western united states: Effectiveness in altering diameter distributions

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-59

  Youngblood, Andrew ^a  

^a Pacific Northwest Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical; Meta analysis; National fire and fire surrogate study; Network analysis; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

FIRE SURROGATES; MECHANICAL; META-ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PRESCRIBED FIRES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSERVATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FORESTRY;

FIRES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSERVATION; FIRES; FOREST FIRES;

EID: 76749145913     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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