Repeated prescribed fires alter gap-phase regeneration in mixed-oak forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-314

  Hutchinson, Todd F ^a   Long, Robert P ^a   Rebbeck, Joanne ^a   Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy ^b   Yaussy, Daniel A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAPS; CENTRAL HARDWOODS REGIONS; GAP FORMATION; OAK SEEDLINGS; PRESCRIBED FIRES; QUERCUS; TREE REGENERATION; WHITE OAK;

FIRES;

REFORESTATION;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY; VIGOR;

CARYA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; SASSAFRAS;

EID: 84856738903     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X11-184     Document Type: Article

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