Factors associated with the severity ofintersecting fires in Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Fire Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-31

  van Wagtendonk, Jan W ^a   van Wagtendonk, Kent A ^b   Thode, Andrea E ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fire severity; Sierra nevada; Vegetation change; Yosemite national park

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDERNESS AREA;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84860912254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19339747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0801011     Document Type: Article

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