Connectivity of forest fuels and surface fire regimes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-154

  Miller, Carol ^a,c   Urban, Dean L ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Correlation length; Elevation gradient; Fire spread; Forest gap model; Fuel characteristics; Mixed conifer forest; Sierra Nevada; Surface fire regime

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE; FUEL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033965410     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008181313360     Document Type: Article

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