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Title: Crossdated fire-scar fire histories from ponderosa pine-dominated forests of Idaho and western Montana

Authors: Emily K. Heyerdahl, Penelope Morgan, and James P. Riser II

Date: 2008

Abstract: This dataset contains dendrochronologically crossdated surface fire histories from fire scars on trees at 23 dry forest sites in Idaho and Montana west of the Continental Divide.

Key Words: fire history, dendrochronology, fire scars, Idaho, Montana, Rocky Mountains

Data Product:

• View metadata file (hypertext markup language, HTML), which contains a link to the data at the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology.
• View associated publications (Adobe Acrobat, PDF)
  • Heyerdahl, E.K.; Morgan, P.; Riser, J.P., II. 2008. Crossdated fire histories (1650-1900) from ponderosa pine-dominated forests of Idaho and western Montana. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-214WWW. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 83 p.
  • Heyerdahl, E.K., P. Morgan, and J.P. Riser II. 2008. Multi-season climate synchronized historical fires in dry forests (1650-1900), northern Rockies, USA. Ecology. 89:705-716.
• View site characteristics file (Adobe Acrobat, PDF) which contains characteristics of the sites sampled and amount of fire evidence collected.

Citation of Data Product:

Heyerdahl, E.K., P. Morgan, and J.P. Riser II. 2008. Crossdated fire-scar fire histories from ponderosa pine-dominated forests of Idaho and western Montana. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series #xxx. NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. [Online]. Available: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/impd/paleofire.html.

*Please note that in the actual citation 'Series #xxx' needs to be replaced with the series number for the data set being used. See the cross-reference section of the metadata document for series information.

 

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