Holocene vegetation-fire-climate linkages in northern Yellowstone National Park, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 170-181

  Huerta, Mariana A ^a   Whitlock, Cathy ^a   Yale, Jason ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Climate history; Fire history; Holocene vegetation; Wyoming; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; NATIONAL PARK; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; TUNDRA; VEGETATION HISTORY; WILDFIRE;

BLACKTAIL POND; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BETULA; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; PICEA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 57749197791     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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