Can scar-based fire history reconstructions be biased? An experimental study in boreal Scots pine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 669-675

  Piha, Aura ^a   Kuuluvainen, Timo ^a   Lindberg, Henrik ^b   Vanha Majamaa, Ilkka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HAMK   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FOREST FIRE HISTORY; LOW-INTENSITY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRESCRIBED FIRES; YOUNG STANDS;

DEFORESTATION;

FIRES;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RECONSTRUCTION;

COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; HISTORY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84880033186     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0471     Document Type: Article

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