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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1984
The composition and structure of two black oak woodlands in northwestern Indiana are examined. Current conditions are compared with those existing in the early 1800's, based on public land survey records of the the two areas. Fire histories during the past 50 yr are reconstructed from fire scars, age-class distributions, and fire-control records. On the basis of this information, we concluded that frequency and intensity of fire strongly influence stand structure and succession in these black oak woodlands.©1984 The University of Chicago Press. Abstract reproduced by permission.
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Citation: Henderson, N. R., and J. N. Long. 1984. A comparison of stand structure and fire history in two black oak woodlands in northwestern Indiana. Botanical Gazette, v. 145, no. 2, p. 222-228.
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Keywords:
- age classes
- diameter classes
- distribution
- disturbance
- dominance (ecology)
- duff
- ecosystem dynamics
- European settlement
- fire adaptations (plants)
- fire control
- fire dependent species
- fire exclusion
- fire frequency
- fire injuries (plants)
- fire intensity
- fire regimes
- fire scar analysis
- fire size
- habitat conversion
- hardwood forests
- herbaceous vegetation
- histories
- Indiana
- land use
- litter
- national forests
- plant communities
- plant growth
- population density
- post fire recovery
- presettlement vegetation
- Quercus alba
- Quercus velutina
- sampling
- sand dunes
- shrubs
- species diversity (plants)
- succession
- understory vegetation
Tall Timbers Record Number: 6738 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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