Flammability of Australian forests

Australian Forestry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Gill, A Malcolm ^a,b,d   Zylstra, Phil ^c,d,e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Combustion; Fire behaviour; Forests; Fuel appraisals; Fuel consumption; Models

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FIRES; FLAMMABILITY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUEL APPRAISALS; FUEL SPECIES; IGNITIBILITY;

FORESTRY;

AUSTRALIA; COMBUSTION; FIRES; FLAMMABILITY; FORESTS; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; TREES;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 23844438715     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2005.10674951     Document Type: Article

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