Fire behavior in maquis fuels in Turkey

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 201-207

  Bilgili, Ertugrul ^a   Saglam, Bülent ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fire behavior; Maquis; Shrubland; Turkey

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FOREST FIRES;

FORESTRY;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; SHRUBLAND;

(SOUTHWEST); TURKEY;

EID: 0042740491     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00208-1     Document Type: Article

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