Fire regime shift linked to increased forest density in a piñon-juniper savanna landscape

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 234-245

  Margolis, Ellis Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

fire scar; Juniperus monosperma; Juniperus scopulorum; Pinus edulis; PJ savanna; tree ring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896957090     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF13053     Document Type: Article

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