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- Title
Historical perspective on the Yellowstone fires of 1988.
- Authors
Romme, William H.; Despain, Don G.
- Abstract
Presents a comparison between the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) and fires during the previous 350 years. Specific region of YNP whose history of fires were studies; Use of dendrochronological methods; Precipitation levels in the months leading up to the 1988 fire; Number of years since YNP had such a combustible fuel supply of forest stands; Other results from fire history study; Why fire activity had been low; The effect of fire suppression; Were the 1988 fires abnormal?
- Subjects
YELLOWSTONE National Park; UNITED States; FOREST fires; PARK fire management; FIRES; WILDFIRES; FIRE prevention; FIRE management; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HISTORY
- Publication
BioScience, 1989, Vol 39, Issue 10, p695
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1311000