Mitigating old tree mortality in long-unburned, fire-dependent forests: A synthesis

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 238, 2010, Pages 1-71

  Hood, Sharon M ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Duff consumption; Duff mounds; Fire effects; Fire exclusion; Fuel treatment; Heat injury; Monitoring; Old growth; Prescribed fire; Reintroduction of fire; Smoldering; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST FLOOR; LITTER; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OVERSTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952994458     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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