Impact of stand structure on surface fire ignition potential in Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris forests in southern Finland

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 410-420

  Tanskanen, Heidi ^a   Venäläinen, Ari ^b   Puttonen, Pasi ^a   Granström, Anders ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FIRES; IGNITION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FOREST FIRE; IGNITION POTENTIAL; WEATHER INDEX SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; STAND STRUCTURE;

CORRELATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; IGNITION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

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

ABIES; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 20044386714     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-188     Document Type: Article

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