Local and regional sediment charcoal evidence for fire regimes in presettlement north-eastern North America

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-382

  Clark, James S ^a   Royall, P Daniel ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Climate; Fire

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FIRE;

CANADA, ONTARIO; USA, MINNESOTA;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 0030442490     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2261199     Document Type: Article

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