Fire disturbance, forest structure, and stand dynamics in montane forests of the Southern Cascades, Thousand Lakes Wilderness, California, USA

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-72

  Bekker, Matthew F ^a   Taylor, Alan H ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Dendrochronology; Fire regimes; Fire severity; Forest structure; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIAMETER; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; HOMOGENEITY; MONTANE FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 77951011801     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-1-3247     Document Type: Article

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