Varying influence of climate and aspect as controls of montane forest fire regimes during the late Holocene, south-eastern British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1983-1996

  Courtney Mustaphi, Colin J ^a   Pisaric, Michael F J ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspect; British Columbia; Charcoal; Disturbance; Fire regime; Holocene; Kootenays; Lake sediments; Synchrony; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHARCOAL; DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MONTANE FOREST; SYNCHRONY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WILDFIRE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 84884712873     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12143     Document Type: Article

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