Fire History in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 749-758

  Stambaugh, Michael C ^a   Guyette, Richard P ^a   Marschall, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Drought; Frequency; Humans; Missouri; Ozarks

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOLOGY; CULTURE; DROUGHT; FIRE HISTORY; PALEOCLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARKANSAS; CHEROKEE COUNTY [OKLAHOMA]; MISSOURI; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 84885037598     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-013-9571-2     Document Type: Article

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