The relative controls on forest fires and fuel source fluctuations in the Holocene deciduous forests of southern Wisconsin, USA

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 561-569

  Mueller, Joshua R ^a   Long, Colin J ^b   Williams, Joseph J ^a   Nurse, Andrea ^c   Mclauchlan, Kendra K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Fuels; Midwest; Moisture; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905669718     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2728     Document Type: Article

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