Holocene vegetation, fire and climate history of the Sawtooth Range, central Idaho, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-124

  Whitlock, Cathy ^a   Briles, Christy E ^b   Fernandez, Matias C ^c   Gage, Joshua ^a,d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d American Wildlands   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Idaho; Charcoal; Climate history; Fire history; Holocene; Pollen; Sawtooth Range; Vegetation history; Western US

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL IDAHO; CLIMATE HISTORY; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENES; POLLEN; SAWTOOTH RANGE; VEGETATION HISTORY; WESTERN US;

CHARCOAL; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CHARCOAL; DROUGHT; FIRES; FORESTRY; PLANTS; POLLEN;

IDAHO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAWTOOTH RANGE; UNITED STATES;

PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 78751575404     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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