First-order fire effects on herbs and shrubs: Present knowledge and process modeling needs

Fire Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-114

  Stephan, Kirsten ^a,d   Miller, Melanie ^b   Dickinson, Matthew B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b National Interagency Fire Center   (United States)

^c Northern Research Station   (United States)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cacti; Fire ecology; First order fire effects; Heat tolerance; Herbs; Process modeling; Research needs; Review; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; HERB; MODELING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHRUB; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WILDFIRE;

CACTACEAE;

EID: 77954233177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19339747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0601095     Document Type: Article

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