Postglacial fire, vegetation, and climate history in the Clearwater Range, Northern Idaho, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-318

  Brunelle, Andrea ^a   Whitlock, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal analyses; Clearwater Range; Fire history; Idaho; Paleoecology; Pollen; Selway Bitterroot Wilderness Area

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; VEGETATION HISTORY;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0348207914     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2003.07.009     Document Type: Article

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