Spatial patterns and controls on historical fire regimes and forest structure in the Klamath Mountains

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 704-719

  Taylor, Alan H ^a   Skinner, Carl N ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Dendroecology; Fire history; Fire regimes; Forest age structure; Landscape ecology; Landscape structure; Mixed conifer forest

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0037547403     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0704:SPACOH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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