Relationships between tree stand density and burn severity as measured by the Composite Burn Index following a ponderosa pine forest wildfire in the American Southwest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-84

  Amato, Victoria J W ^a   Lightfoot, David ^a   Stropki, Cody ^a   Pease, Michael ^b  

^a SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn severity; CBI; Composite Burn Index; Thinning treatments; Tree density

Indexed keywords

BURN SEVERITY; CBI; COMPOSITE BURN INDICES; THINNING TREATMENT; TREE DENSITY;

FIRES; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BURNING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIVATE LAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS; THINNING; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

DENSITY; FIRES; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; TREES;

CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CAPSICUM PUBESCENS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 84876797905     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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