Late-holocene relationships among fire,climate and vegetation in a forest-sagebrush ecotone of southwestern idaho,USA

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1179-1194

  Nelson, Nathan A ^a   Pierce, Jennifer ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fire history; fuel limited; geomorphology; Holocene; Idaho; moisture limited; sagebrush forest ecotone; sedimentary charcoal

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; ECOTONE; FIRE HISTORY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SHRUB; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 78649428535     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610371992     Document Type: Article

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