Fire-induced changes in northern Patagonian landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-15

  Kitzberger, Thomas ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrocedrus; Change detection; Disturbance; Fire exclusion; Landscape pattern; Nothofagus; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; FOREST COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARGENTINA;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI;

EID: 0032989522     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008069712826     Document Type: Article

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