Fire as a restoration tool in Pacific Northwest prairies and oak woodlands: Challenges, successes, and future directions

Northwest Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-328

  Hamman, Sarah T ^a   Dunwiddie, Peter W ^b   Nuckols, Jason L ^a   McKinley, Mason ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA BASIN; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PUGET TROUGH; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAMETTE VALLEY;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 79959573503     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.085.0218     Document Type: Article

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