Occurrence of wildfire in the northern Great Lakes Region: Effects of land cover and land ownership assessed at multiple scales

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-154

  Cardille, Jeffrey A ^a   Ventura, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNR; Fire; Forest; Great lakes; Land cover; Michigan; Minnesota; Ownership; USDA Forest Service; Wildfire; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035637923     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF01010     Document Type: Article

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