Long-term fire frequency in the spruce-dominated forests of the Ulvinsalo strict nature reserve, Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 305-319

  Pitkänen, Aki ^a   Huttunen, Pertti ^a   Tolonen, Kimmo ^a   Jungner, Högne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Charcoal particles; Fire frequency; Forest dynamics; Spruce

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CULTIVATION; FIRES; PEAT;

POLLEN ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST DYNAMICS; NATURE RESERVE;

FINLAND;

PICEA;

EID: 0242516019     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00291-8     Document Type: Article

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