Historical perspective on the Yellowstone fires of 1988
Romme WH and Despain DG. 1989. Historical perspective on the Yellowstone fires of 1988. BioScience. 39(10):695-699
In this article, the authors compare the fires of 1988 with fires during the previous 350 years. The authors use both information contained in park files and results of our tree-ring research on the prehistoric fire history.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Romme, William; Despain, Don
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- Climate, Distribution, Drought, Ecology, Ecosystems, FIRE, Fire Danger, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Management, Forest, Management, Policies, Recovery, Reforestation, Weather