Spatial distribution of lightning-ignited forest fires in Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 177-188

  Larjavaara, Markku ^a   Kuuluvainen, Timo ^a   Rita, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fire regime; Forest fire; Lightning ignition; Reporting efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; IGNITION; LIGHTNING; RURAL AREAS;

FOREST STRUCTURES; LIGHTNING-IGNITED FOREST FIRES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

FIRE HAZARDS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; LIGHTNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IGNITION; LIGHTNING; SILVICULTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 14844297159     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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