Wildfire risk inferred from tree rings in the Central Laurentians of boreal Quebec, Canada

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-206

  Girardin, Martin P ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal Canada; Drought; Extreme events; Forest fires; Kernel estimation of occurrence rate; Tree ring reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOREGION; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST FIRE; METEOROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREE RING; WILDFIRE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 78650274336     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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