Prescribing Fire in Eastern Oak Forests: Is Time Running Out?
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Prescribing Fire in Eastern Oak Forests: Is Time Running Out?
Before European settlement, vast areas of the eastern US deciduous forest were dominated by oak species. Evidence indicates that periodic understory fire was an important ecological factor in the historical development of oak forests. During European settlement of the late 19th and early 20th century, much of the eastern United States was impacted by land-clearing, extensive timber harvesting, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Northern Journal of Applied Forestry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0742-6348,1938-3762
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/22.3.190