Fuel and vegetation changes in southwestern,unburned portions of Great Smoky Mountains National Park,USA,2003-2019OA |
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作者姓名: | T.Adam Coates W.Mark Ford |
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作者单位: | 1. Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;2. U.S.Geological Survey,Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit,Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
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摘 要: | Overstory basal area,ericaceous shrub cover(Kalmia latifolia L.and Rhododendron maximum L.),and fuels(i.e.,woody fuel loads and depths and O Horizon thickness) were assessed within Great Smoky Mountains National Park,USA,in 2003-2004.Due to recent wildfire activity within the southern Appalachian Mountain region(including Great Smoky Mountains National Park),the potential spread and expansion of ericaceous shrubs,and the impacts of the hemlock woolly adelgid(Adelges tsugae Annand) on eastern hem...
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