Factors influencing fire behaviour in shrublands of different stand ages and the implications for using prescribed burning to reduce wildfire risk

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-208

  Baeza, M J ^a   De Luis M ^b   Raventos J ^b   Escarre A ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

East Spain; Fire behaviour; Fuel and water variables; Mediterranean type shrubland; Ulex parviflorus Pourr.

Indexed keywords

FIRES; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

CONDITION; EAST SPAIN; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRE SPREAD; FUEL AND WATER VARIABLE; FUEL LOADS; MEDITERRANEAN-TYPE SHRUBLAND; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHRUBLANDS; ULEX PARVIFLORUS POURR.;

MOISTURE;

FUEL;

FIRE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHRUBLAND;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; EXPERIMENT; FIRE PROTECTION; MOISTURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SCRUB; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES; VEGETATION; WEATHER;

SPAIN;

ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX PARVIFLORUS;

EID: 0036623274     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.2002.0545     Document Type: Article

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