Variability and persistence of post-fire biological legacies in jack pine-dominated ecosystems of northern Lower Michigan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-158

  Kashian, Daniel M ^a   Gregory Corace, R ^b   Shartell, Lindsey M ^c   Donner, Deahn M ^d   Huber, Philip W ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological legacies; Jack pine; Kirtland's warbler; Northern Lower Michigan; Stand replacing wildfire; Tree crown streets

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL LEGACIES; JACK PINE; KIRTLAND'S WARBLER; NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN; STAND-REPLACING WILDFIRE; TREE CROWNS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; STRINGERS;

FIRES;

BREEDING POPULATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; SONGBIRD; STAND STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

AIR CRAFT; CANADA; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; LAND USE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINUS BANKSIANA;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

DENDROICA KIRTLANDII; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 80054678907     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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