Local-scale controls of a low-severity fire regime (1750-1950), southern British Columbia, Canada

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-47

  Heyerdahl, Emily K ^a,b   Lertzman, Ken ^a   Karpuk, Stephen ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Dendrochronology; Douglas fir; Fire frequency; Fire scars; Intra ring position; Low severity fire history; Ponderosa pine; Season Topography; Tree species

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE HISTORY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MIXED FOREST; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 34047231941     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[40:LCOALF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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