Changing growth response to wildfire in old-growth ponderosa pine trees in montane forests of north central Idaho

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1117-1126

  Keeling, Eric G ^a   Sala, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fire; Growth; Ponderosa pine

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FIRE HISTORY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MONTANE FOREST; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SURVIVORSHIP; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WILDFIRE;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857142197     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02574.x     Document Type: Article

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