Fire History of Montane Grasslands and Ecotones of the Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA

We reconstructed historical fire regimes of montane forest-grassland ecotones in the ~40,000 ha Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico. We used a targeted approach to sample ancient fire-scarred trees along the ecotone, and compared variations in historical fire occurrence within and among val...

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Main Author: Dewar, Jacqueline Joy
Other Authors: Falk, Donald A.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/216950