Honey mesquite canopy responses to single winter fires: Relation to herbaceous fuel, weather and fire temperature

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-252

  Ansley, R J ^a   Jones, D L ^a   Tunnell, T R ^a   Kramp, B A ^a   Jacoby, P W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Burning; Prosopis glandulosa; Savanna; Texas

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0032243463     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9980241     Document Type: Article

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