Climatic influences on fire regimes in montane forests of the southern Cascades, California, USA

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-71

  Taylor, A H ^a   Trouet, V ^a,b   Skinner, C N ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

American Pacific coast; Climatic variation; El Ni o?Southern Oscillation; Fire ecology; Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449087615     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07033     Document Type: Article

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