Interactions of climate, fire, and management in future forests of the Pacific Northwest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 327, Issue , 2014, Pages 270-279

  Wimberly, Michael C ^a   Liu, Zhihua ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Climate change; Fire regime; Fuel treatment; Habitat loss; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES;

CARBON STORAGE; FIRE REGIMES; FUEL TREATMENTS; HABITAT LOSS; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

FORESTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT LOSS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WILDFIRE; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; THINNING;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 84905061059     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.043     Document Type: Article

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