Influence of landscape structure on patterns of forest fires in boreal forest landscapes in Sweden

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 332-338

  Hellberg, Erik ^a   Niklasson, Mats ^a   Granatröm, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FOREST FIRES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MIRE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 2342517434     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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