Forest restoration in a surface fire-dependent ecosystem: An example from a mixed conifer forest, southwestern Colorado, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 269, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-18

  Korb, Julie E ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^b   Stoddard, Michael T ^b  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Aspen; Ecological restoration; Ponderosa pine; San Juan Mountains; White fir

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASPEN; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; PONDEROSA PINE; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; WHITE FIRS;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; RESTORATION;

REFORESTATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BASAL AREA; BIOMASS BURNING; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; MIXED FOREST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERSTORY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84856442549     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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