Structure and composition changes following restoration treatments of longleaf pine forests on the Gulf Coastal Plain of Alabama

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1615-1623

  Outcalt, Kenneth W ^a   Brockway, Dale G ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire surrogates; Herbicide; Mastication; Pinus palustris Mill.; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ALABAMA; COASTAL PLAIN; COMPOSITION CHANGES; CRITICAL COMPONENT; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE SURROGATES; FUEL LOADS; GROWING SEASON; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; LONGLEAF PINE; LOW-INTENSITY; PINUS PALUSTRIS MILL; POSITIVE CHANGES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REPEATED APPLICATION; RESEARCH STUDIES; RESTORATION TREATMENTS; THINNING TREATMENT; UNDERSTORY COMPOSITION;

CONSERVATION; FIRES; HARDWOODS; HERBICIDES; MASTICATION; RESTORATION; WEED CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

COASTAL PLAIN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; HERBICIDE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; THINNING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNDERSTORY;

CONSERVATION; FOREST FIRES; HARDWOODS; HERBICIDES; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION; WEED CONTROL;

ALABAMA; GULF COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 77649274664     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.039     Document Type: Article

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