Fire history of a prairie/forest boundary: More than 250 years of frequent fire in a North American tallgrass prairie

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 436-444

  Allen, Matthew S ^a   Palmer, Michael W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross Timbers; Dendrochronology; Fire history; Fire suppression; Osage Nation; Quercus stellata; Tallgrass prairie; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; GRASS; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PRAIRIE; SEASONALITY; TIMBER; TREE RING;

FLINT HILLS; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE; UNITED STATES;

BOS; QUERCUS STELLATA;

EID: 79955015998     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01278.x     Document Type: Article

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