From the stand scale to the landscape scale: predicting the spatial patterns of forest regeneration after disturbance

Ecological Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1626-1639

  Shive, Kristen L ^a   Preisler, Haiganoush K ^b   Welch, Kevin R ^d   Safford, Hugh D ^c,d   Butz, Ramona J ^c,e   O'Hara, Kevin L ^a   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community assembly; fire severity; forest regeneration; habitat suitability model; landscape ecology; spatial pattern; wildfire

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MIXED FOREST; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

CALIFORNIA; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; FOREST; PROCEDURES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; FORESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRES;

EID: 85052746976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eap.1756     Document Type: Article

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