Survival and recovery following wildfire in the southern range of the coast redwood forest

Fire Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-55

  Lazzeri Aerts, Rachel ^a   Russell, Will ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899435720     PISSN: 19339747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.1001043     Document Type: Article

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