Woody debris and tree regeneration dynamics following severe wildfires in arizona ponderosa pine forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 593-604

  Roccaforte, John P ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^a   Chancellor, W Walker ^a   Laughlin, Daniel C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERBURNING; ARIZONA; ARIZONA , USA; CHRONOSEQUENCES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECIDUOUS SPECIES; FOREST FIRES; PINE FOREST; PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINE FOREST; PONDEROSA PINES; POST-FIRE; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; SEED SOURCE; SHRUBLANDS; SNAG DENSITY; TIME-PERIODS; TREE REGENERATION; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEBRIS; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FIRES;

REFORESTATION;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECADAL VARIATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; OVERSTORY; REGENERATION; WILDFIRE; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FIRES; REFORESTATION;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA; POACEAE;

EID: 84857534588     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-010     Document Type: Article

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