Effectiveness of litter removal to prevent cambial kill-caused mortality in northern Arizona ponderosa pine

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-171

  Fowler, James F ^a   Sieg, Carolyn Hull ^a   Wadleigh, Linda L ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark char; Cambial kill; Postfire mortality; Prescribed fire; Raking

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MINERAL SOILS; NO REMOVAL; NORTHERN ARIZONA; PILOT STUDIES; PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINES; POST-FIRE; PRESCRIBED BURN; PRESCRIBED FIRES;

INCINERATION;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 77950365885     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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