Anthropogenic influences on potential fire spread in a pyrogenic ecosystem of Florida, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-165

  Duncan, Brean W ^a   Schmalzer, Paul A ^a  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

FARSIDE; Fire modeling; Fuel fragmentation; Historic; Pyrogenic; Southeast U.S.

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842535337     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000021714.97148.ac     Document Type: Article

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