Fire history in coast redwood forests of the Mendocino Coast, California

Northwest Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-158

  Brown, Peter M ^a   Baxter, William T ^b  

^a Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Research   (United States)

^b California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

SEQUOIA; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 0038366743     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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