Effects of environmental conditions on characteristics of prescribed fires and resprouting of hardwoods in shortleaf pine-oak-hickory ecosystems of the United States
Fire is an essential process for maintaining pine-dominated ecosystems in the southeastern United States. Fire opens space for pine recruitment, consumes fine fuels, stimulates flowering of herbaceous plants, and topkills woody plants. Topkill is the death of the aboveground portion of the plant, wh...
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LSU
2013
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-05312013-085359/ |