Millennial-scale fire and vegetation history from a mesic hardwood forest of southeastern Wisconsin, USA

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Long, Colin J ^a   Power, Mitchell J ^b   Mcdonald, Breanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire history; Hardwood forests; Holocene; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DROUGHT; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIXED FOREST; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79954524536     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1456     Document Type: Article

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