Prescribed fire as a tool to regenerate live and dead serotinous jack pine (Pinus banksiana) stands

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 478-484

  Sharpe, Maria ^a,b   Hwang, Hyejin ^a   Schroeder, David ^b   Ryu, Soung Ryoul ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

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EID: 85020381567     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF17046     Document Type: Article

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