Evidence of mixed-severity fires in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of west-central Alberta, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2240-2249

  Amoroso, Mariano M ^a,b   Daniels, Lori D ^a   Bataineh, Mohammad ^a   Andison, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Bandaloop Landscape Ecosystem Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Fire history; Fire regime; Picea glauca; Picea mariana; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE REGIMES; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; STAND DYNAMICS;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

FIRES;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LESION; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALBERTA; EXTRACTIVES; FOREST FIRES; METEOROLOGY; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PLANTS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 80054979230     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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