The interaction of fire, fuels, and climate across Rocky Mountain forests

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 661-676

  Schoennagel, Tania ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^a   Romme, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Fire ecology; Forest health; Forest management; Rocky Mountain forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242669153     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0661:TIOFFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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