Fire and vegetation history in the eastern Cascade Mountains, Washington

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 443-459

  Wright, Clinton S ^a,b   Agee, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Douglas fir; ENSO; Fire ecology; Fire history; Fire regime; Grand fir; PDSI; Ponderosa pine; Washington State (USA)

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PALEOECOLOGY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 1642334110     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5349     Document Type: Article

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