Climate change refugia, fire ecology and management

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Wilkin, Kate M ^a   Ackerly, David D ^b   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid forest; Climate change; Fire ecology; Fire management; Mixed conifer forest; Refugia; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FIRES; FORESTRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARID FOREST; FIRE ECOLOGY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; REFUGIA; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; VULNERABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84965022883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7040077     Document Type: Article

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