Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2519-2524

  Marion, J R ^a   Bartlein, P J ^a   Walsh, M K ^a   Harrison, S P ^b   Brown, K J ^c,d   Edwards, M E ^e,f   Higuera, P E ^g   Power, M J ^h   Anderson, R S ⁱ   Briles, C ^g   Brunelle, A ^h   Carcaillet, C ⁱ   Daniels, M ^j   Hu, F S ^k   Lavoie, M ^l   Long, C ^m   Minckley, T ⁿ   Richard, P J H ^o   Scott, A C ^p   Shafer, D S ^q   Tinner, W ^r   Umbanhowar Jr , C E ^s   Whitlock, C ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CNRS   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^l CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^s ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Charcoal; Comet; Younger dryas

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMET ASSAY; DEGLACIATION; FAUNA; FIRE; FIRE ECOLOGY; GLACIAL PERIOD; NORTH AMERICA; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

EID: 62449323969     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808212106     Document Type: Article

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