Holocene vegetation and fire history of the Coast Range, western Oregon, USA

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 917-926

  Long, Colin J ^a   Whitlock, Cathy ^b   Bartlein, Patrick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Climate history; Fire history; Holocene; Oregon Coast Range; Temperate rain forest; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; POLLEN; RAINFOREST; VEGETATION HISTORY;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348991385     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607082408     Document Type: Article

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