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Influence of fire and El Nino on tree recruitment varies by species in Sierran mixed conifer

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North, Malcolm, Hurteau, Matthew, Fiegener, Robert, and Barbour, Michael

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The influence of fire and climate events on age structure of different species was examined in old-growth mixed conifer in the southern Sierra Nevada. Within a 48-ha stem-mapped sample area, after a mechanical thinning, all stumps were examined for fire scars and 526 stumps were cut to ground level and...

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1988). Soil surface temperatures often exceed 55° C during May to Oct. when less than 2 cm of