Reconstructing disturbances and their biogeochemical consequences over multiple timescales

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-116

  McLauchlan, Kendra K ^a   Higuera, Philip E ^b   Gavin, Daniel G ^c   Perakis, Steven S ^d   Mack, Michelle C ^e   Alexander, Heather ^f   Battles, John ^g   Biondi, Franco ^h   Buma, Brian ⁱ   Colombaroli, Daniele ^j   Enders, Sara K ^k   Engstrom, Daniel R ^l   Hu, Feng Sheng ^m   Marlon, Jennifer R ⁿ   Marshall, John ^b   McGlone, Matt ^o   Morris, Jesse L ^p   Nave, Lucas E ^q   Shuman, Bryan ^r   Smithwick, Erica A H ^s   Urrego, Dunia H ^t   Wardle, David A ^u   Williams, Christopher J ^v   Williams, Joseph J ^w   more..

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁿ Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^o LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^s PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^u SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^v FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^w ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

disturbance; ecosystem ecology; fire regime; nitrogen cycling; resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899026562     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bit017     Document Type: Review

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