Subtle effects of a managed fire regime: A case study in the longleaf pine ecosystem

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 212-217

  Lashley, Marcus A ^a   Chitwood, M Colter ^a   Prince, Annemarie ^a   Elfelt, Morgan B ^a   Kilburg, Eric L ^a   Deperno, Christopher S ^a   Moorman, Christopher E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorns; Fire seasonality; Firing technique; Persimmons; Prescribed fire; Stochastic variability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; LANDFORMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ACORNS; FIRING TECHNIQUE; PERSIMMONS; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SEASONALITY; STOCHASTIC VARIABILITY;

FIRES;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSITION ZONE; TREE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; HARDWOODS; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

DIOSPYROS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 84889664482     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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