Holocene forest development and maintenance on different substrates in the Klamath Mountains, northern California, USA

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 590-601

  Briles, Christy E ^a,e   Whitlock, Cathy ^b   Skinner, Carl N ^c   Mohr, Jerry ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity controls; California (USA); Climate change; Geoecology; Holocene; Klamath Mountains; Substrates; Vegetation and fire history

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMISM; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOLOCENE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PALEOCLIMATE; SOIL TYPE; SUBSTRATE; TERRAIN; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRES; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SOIL; TREES;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955540892     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1772.1     Document Type: Article

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