Conifer regeneration following stand-replacing wildfire varies along an elevation gradient in a ponderosa pine forest, Oregon, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-170

  Dodson, Erich Kyle ^a   Root, Heather Taylor ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change type drought; Environmental gradient; Natural regeneration; Resilience; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RECOVERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS; NATURAL REGENERATION; PONDEROSA PINE FOREST; RESILIENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; LOGISTICS; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

REFORESTATION;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRIORITIZATION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WILDFIRE;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84876801693     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.050     Document Type: Article

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