Fire history of a naturally fragmented landscape in central Oregon

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1108-1120

  Arabas, Karen B ^a   Hadley, Keith S ^b   Larson, Evan R ^a,c  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 414 Social Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FIRE HISTORY; LANDSCAPE;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LAVA FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746579785     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-004     Document Type: Article

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