Variability in fireclimate relationships in ponderosa pine forests in the Colorado front Range

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-59

  Sherriff, Rosemary L ^a,c   Veblen, Thomas T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; El Ni o?Southern Oscillation; Fire history; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Pinus ponderosa

Indexed keywords

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 39449132941     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07029     Document Type: Article

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