Climatic influences on fire in Araucaria araucana - Nothofagus forests in the Andean cordillera of south-central Chile

Ecoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 342-350

  González, Mauro E ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Araucaria; Chile; Climatic variation; Dendroecology; Fire history; Southern oscillation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORDILLERA; DENDROECOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TREE RING;

ARAUCANIA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 33749439894     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-13-3-342.1     Document Type: Article

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