Burning characteristics of western conifer needles

Northwest Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Fonda, R W ^a   Belanger, L A ^a   Burley, L L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE; FLAMMABILITY; NEEDLE;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PINUS ATTENUATA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS JEFFERYI; PINUS LAMBERTIANA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PINUS RADIATA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SEQUOIA; SEQUOIA SEMPERIVRENS; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS; SEQUOIADENDRON; SEQUOIADENDRON GIGANTEUM; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0031924856     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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