Fire history of coniferous riparian forests in the Sierra Nevada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 384-395

  Van de Water, Kip ^a   North, Malcolm ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USFS Sierra Nevada Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Fire frequency; Fire history; Riparian

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FORESTS; CROWN FIRES; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; DORMANT SEASONS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FIRE EVENT; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE HISTORY; FUEL LOADS; LAND MANAGERS; MECHANICAL THINNING; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN FORESTS; RIPARIAN ZONES; SIERRA NEVADA; STREAM CHANNELS; STREAM CONDITION; UPLAND AREA; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUELS; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS;

FIRES;

BURNING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIRE HISTORY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUEL; HABITAT TYPE; RIPARIAN FOREST; RURAL AREA; SEASONALITY; THINNING; UPLAND REGION; WILDFIRE;

ECOLOGY; EROSION; FOREST FIRES; HYDRAULICS; METEOROLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFTWOODS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954816158     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.032     Document Type: Article

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