Fire history of a relict oak woodland in northeast Texas

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-423

  Stambaugh, Michael C ^a   Sparks, Jeff ^b   Guyette, Richard P ^a   Willson, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caddo; dendrochronology; fire frequency; fire regime; fire scars; fire suppression

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WOODLAND;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS STELLATA;

EID: 79960646126     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00128.1     Document Type: Review

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