Spatial patterns of ponderosa pine regeneration in high-severity burn patches

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 405, Issue , 2017, Pages 134-149

  Owen, Suzanne M ^a,b   Sieg, Carolyn H ^a   Sánchez Meador, Andrew J ^b   Fulé, Peter Z ^b   Iniguez, José M ^a   Baggett, L Scott ^c   Fornwalt, Paula J ^c   Battaglia, Michael A ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Fire severity; Forest resilience; Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii); Pinus ponderosa; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

REFORESTATION;

ARIZONA; FIRE SEVERITY; FOREST EDGE; FOREST RESILIENCE; GAMBEL OAK (QUERCU GAMBELII); PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINES; QUERCUS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FIRES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FACILITATION; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

FIRES; FOREST FIRES; PINUS PONDEROSA; QUERCUS GAMBELII; RESILIENCE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA; QUERCUS GAMBELII;

EID: 85029575989     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.005     Document Type: Article

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