Fire history within the lower Elwha River watershed, Olympic National Park, Washington

Northwest Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-97

  Wendel, Reed ^a   Zabowskl, Darlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; WATERSHED;

ELWHA RIVER; OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 73649141016     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.084.0109     Document Type: Article

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