Factors associated with crown damage following recurring mixed-severity wildfires and post-fire management in southwestern Oregon

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 775-789

  Thompson, Jonathan R ^a,b   Spies, Thomas A ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biscuit Fire; Burn mosaic; Burn severity; Reburn; Salvage logging

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; LOGGING (TIMBER); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WILDFIRE;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952745892     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9456-3     Document Type: Article

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