Fire history of the San Francisco East Bay region and implications for landscape patterns

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-296

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic fire regime; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; Fire climate; Fire suppression; Grasslands; Lightning ignited fires; Native American burning; Shrublands

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27544460636     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05003     Document Type: Article

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