Stand development and fire behavior

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 333-339

  Bilgili, Ertugrul ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fire behavior; Interventions; Red pine; Stand development; White spruce

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FIRE PROTECTION; FUEL CONSUMPTION;

FIRE BEHAVIOUR;

FUELS;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 0038383031     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00550-9     Document Type: Article

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