Spatial Ecology of Pre –Euro-American Fires in a Southern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forest Landscape

Professional Geographer

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 248-262

  Baker, William L ^a   Kipfmueller, Kurt F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fires; GIS; Rocky Mountains; Spatial ecology; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GIS; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035009531     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00283     Document Type: Article

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