Spatial controls of historical fire regimes: A multiscale example from the interior west, USA

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 660-678

  Heyerdahl, E K ^a   Brubaker, L B ^a   Agee, J K ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Climate; Dendrochronology; Fire history; Landscape ecology; Local scale; Oregon; Regional scale; Top down; Topography; Washington

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CLIMATE; FIRE HISTORY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TOPOGRAPHY;

BLUE MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES LASIOCARPA;

EID: 0035108929     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0660:SCOHFR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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