Seedbed filter controls post-fire succession

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-181

  Mallik, Azim U ^a   Bloom, Robin G ^a   Whisenant, Steve G ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Fire severity; Humus; Kalmia angustifolia; Picea mariana; Succession

Indexed keywords

KALMIA; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 76749162740     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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