Fire and the dynamics of Fitzroya cupressoides (alerce) forests of Chile's Cordillera Pelada

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-109

  Lara, Antonio ^a   Fraver, Shawn ^b   Aravena, Juan Carlos ^c   Wolodarsky Franke, Alexia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Conifer regeneration; Dendrochronology; Fire; Fitzroya; Forest dynamics

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; REGENERATION;

CHILE; COASTAL RANGE; CORDILLERA PELADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FITZROYA; FITZROYA CUPRESSOIDES;

EID: 0032729748     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11952199     Document Type: Article

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