Declining fires in Larix-dominated forests in northern Irkutsk district

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-254

  Wallenius, Tuomo ^a   Larjavaara, Markku ^b,d   Heikkinen, Juha ^a   Shibistova, Olga ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

dendrochronology; fire cycle; fire history; fire scar; forest dynamics; human influence; Larix gmelinii; natural; permafrost region; Pinus sylvestris; Siberia

Indexed keywords

LARIX; LARIX GMELINII; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79953286464     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10020     Document Type: Article

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