Scaling from leaf traits to fire behaviour: Community composition predicts fire severity in a temperate forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 970-980

  Schwilk, Dylan W ^a   Caprio, Anthony C ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Fire regime; Flammability; Functional traits; Leaf length; Litter; Plant population and community dynamics; Sierra Nevada; Species distributions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LEAF AREA; LEAF LITTER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958829169     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01828.x     Document Type: Article

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