Human and climate influences on frequent fire in a high-elevation tropical forest

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1356-1364

  Yocom, Larissa L ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Conservation; Disturbance; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Fire history; Mexico; Pico de Orizaba; Pinus hartwegii; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMID TROPICS; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WILDFIRE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PICO DE ORIZABA; VERACRUZ;

PINUS HARTWEGII;

EID: 84870326940     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02216.x     Document Type: Article

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