Anthropogenic fire history and red oak forests in south-central Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 339-347

  Daniel, Dey ^a   Guyette, Richard P ^b  

^a Northern Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Dendrochronology; Ecology; Fire history; Fire regime; Northern red oak; White pine

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REGENERATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

ACER SACCHARUM; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0034159806     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc76339-2     Document Type: Article

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