Live oak saplings survive prescribed fire and sprout

Sapling surveys conducted before and after a prescribed fire in an oak woodland revealed that approximately half of marked blue oak and coast live oak saplings were top-killed (aboveground tissue of sapling killed) by the fire. Most top-killed saplings sprouted, and sprout...

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Main Authors: William Tietje, Justin K. Vreeland, William H. Weitkamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2001-03-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v055n02p18