A 200-year fire history in a remnant oak savanna in southeastern Wisconsin

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-213

  Wolf, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAVANNA;

KENOSHA COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WISCONSIN; WORLD;

QUERCUS;

EID: 7744245957     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0201:AYFHIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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