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Document title

Fire history of mixed-conifer forests on the North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Authors(s) and Affiliation(s)

WOLF J.J. ; MAST J.N. ;

Abstract

This study uses dendrochronology and historical fire records to determine the fire history of mixed-conifer forests along an elevation and temporal gradient. The research constitutes a component of a broader mixed-conifer project that investigates disturbance and age structure by elevation over time on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Specifically, long-term fire histories were reconstructed in order to compare fire frequency during 3 eras : pre-Euro-American settlement (prior to 1870), settlement (1870-1919), and fire suppression (1920-1995), and for 3 elevation zones

Keyword(s)

Biogéographie ; Forêt ; Incendie de forêt ; Altitude ; Géographie historique ; Dendrochronologie ; Dendrologie ; Canyon ; Dynamique de la végétation ; Ecotone ; Etats-Unis ; Arizona

Biogeography ; Forest ; Forest fire ; Altitude ; Historical geography ; Dendrochronology ; Dendrology ; Canyon ; Vegetation dynamics ; Ecotone ; United States of America ; Arizona

Classification code(s)

531-60 : Phytogéographie.

531-III : GEOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE.

531 : BGI / PRODIG.

Source

Article of periodic

published at : Physical geography / ISSN 0272-3646

Editor : Taylor & Francis, Abingdon - ROYAUME-UNI (1980)

Millesime : 1998, vol. 19, n^o1 [pp. 1-14]

Bibliographic references : 3 p.

Collation : Illustration ;

Language

Anglais

Localisation

American geological institute

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 20106