Effects of stand composition on fire hazard in mixed-wood Canadian boreal forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 813-824

  Hely C ^a   Bergeron, Y ^b   Flannigan, M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; BEHAVE prediction system; Betula papyrifera; Fire simulation; Picea glauca; Populus tremuloides; Surface fuel; Thuja occidentalis

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FIRE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; STAND STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0034489132     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236551     Document Type: Article

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