Clarifying the role of fire in the deciduous forests of eastern North America: Reply to Matlack

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 942-946

  Stambaugh, Michael C ^a   Varner, J Morgan ^b   Noss, Reed F ^c   Dey, Daniel C ^a   Christensen, Norman L ^d   Baldwin, Robert F ^e   Guyette, Richard P ^a   Hanberry, Brice B ^a   Harper, Craig A ^f   Lindblom, Sam G ^g   Waldrop, Thomas A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^g THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; HUMAN; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; HUMANS; QUERCUS; TREES;

EID: 84929291133     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12473     Document Type: Article

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