An experimental evaluation of fire history reconstruction using dendrochronology in white oak (Quercus alba)

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 806-816

  McEwan, Ryan W ^a,c   Hutchinson, Todd F ^b   Ford, Robert D ^b   McCarthy, Brian C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES;

FIRE SCARS; TREE RING ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; QUERCUS ALBA;

QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 34547855500     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-294     Document Type: Article

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