Future wildfire in circumboreal forests in relation to global warming

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 469-476

  Flannigan, M D ^a,b   Bergeron, Y ^b   Engelmark, O ^c   Wotton, B M ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate model; Fire history; Global change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031771968     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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