Long-term (13-year) effects of repeated prescribed fires on stand structure and tree regeneration in mixed-oak forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-100

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

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Competition; Fire; Quercus; Regeneration; Structure

Indexed keywords

ACER; CANOPY COVER; FIRE EFFECT; INTEGRATED MOISTURE INDEX; LOW-INTENSITY; MESIC SITES; OAK FORESTS; OAK REGENERATION; PARTIAL CUTTING; PRESCRIBED FIRES; QUERCUS; REGENERATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND DENSITIES; STAND STRUCTURES; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; TREE REGENERATION; WOODY VEGETATION;

COMPETITION; FIRES; HERBICIDES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

REFORESTATION;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERIODICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACER; CARYA; QUERCUS; SASSAFRAS;

EID: 84866976643     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.036     Document Type: Article

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