Advancing Dendrochronological Studies of Fire in the United States
1. Multiple Lines of Evidence: Stand Age Structure Paired with Fire History
2. Fire Modeling Paired with Fire History
3. Fire History Networks
4. Deciphering Fire and Land-Use Histories
5. Fire Seasonality and Ecology of Scar Formation
6. New Fire Proxies within Growth Rings
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Harley, G.L.; Baisan, C.H.; Brown, P.M.; Falk, D.A.; Flatley, W.T.; Grissino-Mayer, H.D.; Hessl, A.; Heyerdahl, E.K.; Kaye, M.W.; Lafon, C.W.; Margolis, E.Q.; Maxwell, R.S.; Naito, A.T.; Platt, W.J.; Rother, M.T.; Saladyga, T.; Sherriff, R.L.; Stachowiak, L.A.; Stambaugh, M.C.; Sutherland, E.K.; Taylor, A.H. Advancing Dendrochronological Studies of Fire in the United States. Fire 2018, 1, 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1010011
Harley GL, Baisan CH, Brown PM, Falk DA, Flatley WT, Grissino-Mayer HD, Hessl A, Heyerdahl EK, Kaye MW, Lafon CW, Margolis EQ, Maxwell RS, Naito AT, Platt WJ, Rother MT, Saladyga T, Sherriff RL, Stachowiak LA, Stambaugh MC, Sutherland EK, Taylor AH. Advancing Dendrochronological Studies of Fire in the United States. Fire. 2018; 1(1):11. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1010011
Chicago/Turabian StyleHarley, Grant L., Christopher H. Baisan, Peter M. Brown, Donald A. Falk, William T. Flatley, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Amy Hessl, Emily K. Heyerdahl, Margot W. Kaye, Charles W. Lafon, Ellis Q. Margolis, R. Stockton Maxwell, Adam T. Naito, William J. Platt, Monica T. Rother, Thomas Saladyga, Rosemary L. Sherriff, Lauren A. Stachowiak, Michael C. Stambaugh, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, and Alan H. Taylor. 2018. "Advancing Dendrochronological Studies of Fire in the United States" Fire 1, no. 1: 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1010011