Effect of thinning and prescribed burning on crown fire severity in ponderosa pine forests

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Pollet, Jolie ^a   Omi, Philip N ^a  

^a Wasatch Cache/Uinta Natl Forests   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; California; Crown fire; Fuel treatment; Montana; Pinus ponderosa; Washington

Indexed keywords

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0036013693     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF01045     Document Type: Article

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