Impacts of erosion control treatments on native vegetation recovery after severe wildfire in the Eastern Cascades, USA

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 490-499

  Dodson, Erich K ^a   Peterson, David W ^a   Harrod, Richy J ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

BAER; burned area emergency response; diversity; exotic invasion; native species; post fire rehabilitation; species richness.

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954118234     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF08194     Document Type: Article

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