A field experiment informs expected patterns of conifer regeneration after disturbance under changing climate conditions

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1607-1616

  Rother, Monica T ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^a   Furman, Luke G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Field experiment; Open top chambers; Ponderosa pine; Tree regeneration; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRES; REFORESTATION; SEED; VEGETATION;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; OPEN TOP CHAMBERS; PONDEROSA PINES; TREE REGENERATION; WILDFIRE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIELD METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; REGENERATION; SURVIVAL; WARMING; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84946397909     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2015-0033     Document Type: Article

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