Fire history in European black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) forests of the Valia Kalda, Pindus Mountains, Greece

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-50

  Touchan, Ramzi ^a   Baisan, Christopher ^a   Mitsopoulos, Ioannis D ^b   Dimitrakopoulos, Alexandros P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

dendrochronology; European black pine; fire history; Greece; Pinus nigra Arn.; tree rings

Indexed keywords

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 84856029551     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/2011-12.1     Document Type: Article

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