Enhancing resiliency and restoring ecological attributes in second-growth ponderosa pine stands in Northern New Mexico, USA

Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-104

  Thomas, Zachary ^a   Waring, Kristen M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Fire; Pinus ponderosa; Resiliency; Restoration; Understory production

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAINTENANCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION;

DENSITY REDUCTION; ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENTS; ECOLOGICAL TRAITS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINE FOREST; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESILIENCY; THINNING AND PRESCRIBED BURNING;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; PINUS PONDEROSA; PRESCRIBED BURNING; THINNING;

CERVIDAE; PINUS PONDEROSA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84922823399     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.13-085     Document Type: Article

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