Dendrochronology-based fire history of mixed-conifer forests in the San Jacinto Mountains, California

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1805-1814

  Everett, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire sequence; Fire scar; Mixed conifer forests; Southern California forest; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DISASTERS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PLANNING; RESTORATION;

CALIFORNIA; CONIFER FORESTS; FIRE EVENTS; FIRE HISTORIES; FIRE INTERVALS; FIRE REGIMES; FIRE SEQUENCE; FIRE SIZES; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRID SYSTEMS; INTERSECTION POINTS; LANDSCAPE LEVELS; LATEWOOD; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; MODELING; MODELLING; PUBLIC AWARENESSES; REFERENCE CONDITIONS; RESOURCE BASEST; SAMPLE LOCATIONS; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOREST; SPATIAL MODELING; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLINGS; TERM FREQUENCIES;

FIRES;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; MIXED FOREST; RECONSTRUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; DENDROLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; GIS; METEOROLOGY; RINGS;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 54249137136     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.036     Document Type: Article

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