Future climate and fire interactions in the southeastern region of the United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 327, Issue , 2014, Pages 316-326

  Mitchell, Robert J ^a   Liu, Yongqiang ^b   O'Brien, Joseph J ^b   Elliott, Katherine J ^b   Starr, Gregory ^c   Miniat, Chelcy Ford ^a   Hiers, J Kevin ^d  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Ecological services; Prescribed fire; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; ECOLOGICAL SERVICES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; PRESCRIBED FIRES; PRESCRIPTION GUIDELINES; WILDLAND FIRE; FUTURE CLIMATE;

FIRES; BIODIVERSITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST RESOURCE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SILVICULTURE; WILDFIRE;

AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

APPALACHIANS; ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; GULF COASTAL PLAIN; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84904973386     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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