Use of soil properties to determine the historical extent of two western Washington prairies

Northwest Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-129

  Hegarty, Joshua ^a   Zabowski, Darlene ^a   Bakker, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; COLOR; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FIRE HISTORY; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PRAIRIE;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 79959554523     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.085.0204     Document Type: Article

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