Corridors promote fire via connectivity and edge effects

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 937-946

  Brudvig, Lars A ^a   Wagner, Stephanie A ^a,b,d   Damschen, Ellen I ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Corridor; Disturbance; Ecosystem management; Edge effect; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Longleaf pine woodland; Prescribed fire; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LEAF LITTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; PLANTS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84860255602     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1026.1     Document Type: Article

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