Dynamics of coarse woody debris following wildfire in a mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-239

  Acker, Steven A ^a   Kertis, Jane ^b   Bruner, Howard ^c,d   O'Connell, Kari ^c   Sexton, Jay ^c  

^a Olympic National Park   (United States)

^b Siuslaw National Forest   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CWD mass; Fire severity; Snag persistence

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CWD MASS; FIRE SEVERITY; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; MOUNTAIN HEMLOCKS; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SNAG PERSISTENCE;

LANDFORMS; PROBABILITY; REFORESTATION;

FIRES;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; ELEVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUELWOOD; PERSISTENCE; PROBABILITY; REGENERATION; SNAG; WILDFIRE;

CASCADE RANGE; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; TSUGA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 84876800614     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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