Climatic and landscape controls of the boreal forest fire regime: Holocene records from Alaska

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 477-489

  Lynch, Jason A ^a,b   Hollis, Jeremy L ^a   Hu, Feng Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal ecosystem; Charcoal analysis; Climate change; Fire frequency; Forest dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FIRE; HOLOCENE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES; BETULA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 2642550947     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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