Reconstruction of early nineteenth-century vegetation and fire regimes in the Missouri Ozarks

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 397-412

  Batek, Michael J ^a   Rebertus, Alan J ^a   Schroeder, Walter A ^a   Haithcoat, Timothy L ^a   Compas, Eric ^a   Guyette, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire history; Geographic information system; Landscape; Ozarks; Public Land Survey; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; QUERCUS RUBRA; QUERCUS STELLATA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 0032815184     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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