Influence of climate and environment on post-fire recovery of mountain big sagebrush

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-142

  Nelson, Zachary J ^a,c   Weisberg, Peter J ^a   Kitchen, Stanley G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Inyo County Water Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana; Colorado Plateau; Fire effects; Great Basin; Precipitation variability; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893612759     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF13012     Document Type: Article

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