Oak and red maple seedling survival and growth following periodic prescribed fire on xeric ridgetops on the Cumberland Plateau

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2256-2266

  Green, Stephanie R ^a,b   Arthur, Mary A ^b   Blankenship, Beth A ^b  

^a Southwest Florida Water Management District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oak regeneration; Prescribed fire; Repeated fire

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; AFTERBURNING; BURN TREATMENT; FIRST YEAR; GROWING SEASON; HEIGHT GROWTH; OAK REGENERATION; OAK SEEDLINGS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRESCRIBED FIRE; PRESCRIBED FIRES; RED MAPLES; SEASONALITY; SEEDLING POPULATIONS; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS;

FORESTRY; FRUITS; SEED;

FIRES;

DICOTYLEDON; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; SEASONALITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SILVICULTURE; SURVIVAL;

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; CUMBERLAND PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; QUERCUS COCCINEA; QUERCUS MONTANA;

EID: 77952111807     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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