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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Matthew B. Dickinson; Sharon M. Hermann; D. F. Whigham
Publication Date: 2001

From the text:' In this paper, we represent data on background canopy-gap disturbance rates and the ways gaps were created in a seasonally dry forest with the history of major natural disturbances (fire and hurricanes) and selective logging.'

Citation: Dickinson, M. B., S. M. Hermann, and D. F. Whigham. 2001. Low rates of background canopy-gap disturbance in a seasonally dry forest in the Yucatan Peninsula with a history of fires and hurricanes. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17:895-902.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Ecology    Fire History
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Keywords:
  • basal rot
  • crowns
  • disturbance
  • droughts
  • fire frequency
  • forest management
  • histories
  • logging
  • Mexico
  • modes of gap formation
  • mortality
  • overstory
  • snags
  • snapping
  • standing mortality
  • storms
  • tropical forests
  • uprooting
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 14112 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 39444

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