Dendrochronology-based fire history of Pinus nigra forests in Mount Taygetos, Southern Greece

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-139

  Christopoulou, Anastasia ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^b   Andriopoulos, Pavlos ^a   Sarris, Dimitris ^a   Arianoutsou, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black pine; Dendrochronology; Fire regime; Mediterranean; Pinus nigra

Indexed keywords

BLACK PINE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE REGIMES; MEDITERRANEAN; PINUS NIGRA;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY;

FIRES;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; RECONSTRUCTION;

CROWNS; FOREST FIRES; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAINS; PINUS NIGRA;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PELOPONNISOS; TAYGETOS;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 84873102611     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.048     Document Type: Article

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