Forest type and wildfire in the Alberta boreal mixedwood: What do fires burn?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-110

  Gumming, S G ^a  

^a Boreal Ecosystems Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta, Canada, boreal forest fires; Boreal mixedwood forest; Compositional data; Crown fire initiation; Fire behavior; Fire history; Forest management; Fuels management in forests; Multivariate linear regression; Natural disturbance regimes; Picea glauca; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; FUEL; MIXED FOREST;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0035143697     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0097:ftawit]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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