Historical fire-climate relationships of upper elevation fire regimes in the south-western United States

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 588-598

  Margolis, Ellis Q ^a   Swetnam, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; El Ni o ; high severity fire; New Mexico; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Southern Oscillation; Stand replacing fire; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881018564     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12064     Document Type: Article

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