Ecological restoration and fine-scale forest structure regulation in southwestern ponderosa pine forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 348, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-67

  Tuten, Matthew C ^a   Sánchez Meador, Andrew ^b   Fulé, Peter Z ^b  

^a Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Ponderosa pine; Silviculture; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatial patterns; Within stand

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GALVANOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; RESTORATION;

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; PONDEROSA PINES; SILVICULTURE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPLEXITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BASAL AREA; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; NORTH AMERICA; PINUS PONDEROSA; REGULATIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS;

EID: 84927555688     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.032     Document Type: Article

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