Different fire-climate relationships on forested and non-forested landscapes in the Sierra Nevada ecoregion

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-36

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b   Syphard, Alexandra D ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

area burned; chaparral; climate change; non forested ecosystems; snow pack; spring temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922438731     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF14102     Document Type: Article

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