Fire and vegetation history on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands, and long-term environmental change in southern California

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 782-797

  Anderson, R Scott ^a   Starratt, Scott ^b   Jass, Renata M Brunner ^c   Pinter, Nicholas ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Southern Illinois University ^*  (Canada)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Channel Islands; Fire history; Palaeoecology; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SANTA ROSA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; HALIOTIDAE;

EID: 78650455229     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1358     Document Type: Article

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