Evaluation of the effects of silvicultural and fuels treatments on potential fire behaviour in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 21-35

  Stephens, Scott Lewis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

FARSITE; Fire hazard; Landscape fire modelling; Silvicultural treatments

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FUEL; SILVICULTURE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA; USA, CALIFORNIA, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, NORTH CRANE CREEK;

EID: 0032527081     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00293-4     Document Type: Article

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