Pilgerodendron uviferum: The southernmost tree-ring fire recorder species

Ecoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322-329

  Holz, Andrés ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilo Island; Cupressaceae; Dendrochronology; Fire scars; High latitude; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LESION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRESERVATION; SAMPLING; SYNCHRONY; TREE RING;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; PATAGONIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; PILGERODENDRON UVIFERUM;

EID: 76149104598     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/16-3-3262     Document Type: Article

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