Historical fire cycles in the Canadian Rocky Mountain parks

Forest Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 704-717

  Van Wagner, Charles E ^a   Finney, Mark A ^b   Heathcott, Mark ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age class analysis; Forest fire history; Negative exponential

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE HISTORY; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRE PROTECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FORESTRY;

FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY;

EID: 33845564306     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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