Post-fire resprouting of shortleaf pine is facilitated by a morphological trait but fire eliminates shortleaf × loblolly pine hybrid seedlings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 379, Issue , 2016, Pages 146-152

  Bradley, J C ^a   Will, R E ^a   Stewart, J F ^a   Nelson, C D ^b,c   Guldin, J M ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal crook; Fire; Pinus echinata; Pinus taeda; Resprouting; Shortleaf loblolly pine hybrid

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES;

BASAL CROOK; LOBLOLLY PINE; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS TAEDA; RESPROUTING;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FIRE HISTORY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYBRID; MORPHOLOGY; RESPROUTING; SEEDLING; SOIL SURFACE;

PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84982149408     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.08.016     Document Type: Article

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