Fire spread in chaparral - 'Go or no-go?'

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-106

  Weise, David R ^a   Zhou, Xiangyang ^b   Sun, Lulu ^b   Mahalingam, Shankar ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PARRYANA; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS CRASSIFOLIUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS BERBERIDIFOLIA; UVA URSI;

EID: 17844386058     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF04049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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