Historical and recent fire regimes in Piñon-Juniper woodlands on Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 269-289

  Floyd, M Lisa ^a   Hanna, David D ^a   Romme, William H ^b  

^a PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate effect on fire regime; Petran chaparral; Pi on Juniper fire history; Woodland fire rotation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; FUELS;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE REGIMES; WOODLANDS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; WOODLAND;

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS;

COLORADO; MESA VERDE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 3543066987     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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