Assessing patterns of oak regeneration and C storage in relation to restoration-focused management, historical land use, and potential trade-offs

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 343, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-62

  Carter, David R ^a   Fahey, Robert T ^a   Dreisilker, Kurt ^a   Bialecki, Margaret B ^a   Bowles, Marlin L ^a  

^a MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Legacy effects; Mitigation; Natural areas; Repeated fire

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; STORAGE MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; LEGACY EFFECTS; MITIGATION; NATURAL AREAS; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MITIGATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRADE-OFF; URBANIZATION;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; QUERCUS; RESTORATION;

ILLINOIS; LISLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923023940     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.01.027     Document Type: Article

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