Understory vegetation response to mechanical mastication and other fuels treatments in a ponderosa pine forest

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-220

  Kane, Jeffrey M ^a,c   Morgan Varner, J ^a   Knapp, Eric E ^b   Powers, Robert F ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Forest floor; Incorporation; Pinus ponderosa; Plant diversity; Prescribed fire; Sierra Nevada; Tilling; USA

Indexed keywords

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 77949437709     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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