Spatial variability of fire history in subalpine forests: From natural to cultural regimes

Ecoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Carcaillet, Christopher ^a   Ali, Adam A ^a   Blarquez, Olivier ^a   Genries, Aurélie ^a   Mourier, Brice ^a,b   Bremond, Laurent ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cembra pine; Disturbance; Fire; Forest; Holocene; Mountain; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOECOLOGY; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; POSTGLACIAL; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

FRANCE;

PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 63849164998     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/16-1-3189     Document Type: Article

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