Influences of humans and ENSO on fire history of Austrocedrus chilensis woodlands in northern Patagonia, Argentina

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 508-520

  Kitzberger, Thomas ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrocedrus; Climatic variation; Dendroecology; Fire history; Land use; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

AUSTROCEDRUS; AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0000319319     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682430     Document Type: Article

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