Climate effects on historical fires (16301900) in Utah

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-39

  Brown, Peter M ^a   Heyerdahl, Emily K ^b   Kitchen, Stanley G ^c   Weber, Marc H ^b  

^a Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Research   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossdating; El Ni o?Southern Oscillation; Fire scars; Palmer Drought Severity Index; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 39449139067     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07023     Document Type: Article

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