Influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on fire regimes in the Florida Everglades

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3124-3130

  Beckage, Brian ^a,c   Platt, William J ^a   Slocum, Matthew G ^a   Panko, Bob ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Everglades National Park   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Area burned; El Ni o; ENSO; Everglades; Fire; Florida; Global warming; La Ni a; Lightning; Savannas; SOI; Wet dry season

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FIRE HISTORY; LA NINA; RAINFALL; WATER LEVEL;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342267078     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0183     Document Type: Article

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