Fire, Drought, and Humans in a Heterogeneous Lake Superior Landscape

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-70

  Muzika, R M ^a   Guyette, R P ^a   Stambaugh, M C ^a   Marschall, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic fire; climate; dendrochronology; disturbance; fire history; Great Lakes Forest; Pinus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; LAKES; LAND USE; TOPOGRAPHY; FIRE HAZARDS;

CLIMATE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; GREAT LAKES; PINUS;

FIRES;

CLIMATE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; FIRE; FIRE HISTORY; HISTORICAL RECORD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; HURON MOUNTAIN; LAKE SUPERIOR; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922032663     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2014.973991     Document Type: Article

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