Temporal variability in area burned for the province of Ontario, Canada, during the past 200 years inferred form tree rings

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Girardin, Martin P ^a   Tardif, Jacques ^b   Flannigan, Mike D ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREE RING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 33847014116     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006815     Document Type: Article

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