Vegetation and fire history since the Late Pleistocene from the Trinity Mountains, northwestern California, USA

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1062-1071

  Daniels, Mark L ^a   Anderson, R Scott ^a   Whitlock, Cathy ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Charcoal; Climatic change; Fire; Holocene; Klamath; Late Pleistocene; Pollen; Trinity Mountains; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE HISTORY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 27644445546     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl878ra     Document Type: Article

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