Fire history at the eastern Great Plains margin, Missouri River Loess Hills

Great Plains Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-159

  Stambaugh, Michael C ^a   Guyette, Richard P ^a   McMurry, Erin R ^a   Dey, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bur oak; Fire history; Great Plains; Loess Hills; Quercus

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; TREE RING;

GREAT PLAINS; LOESS HILLS; MISSOURI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CASTANEA PUMILA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; QUERCUS MUEHLENBERGII; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 33750980130     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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