Productivity of Ontario initial-attack fire crews: Results of an expert-judgement elicitation study

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 705-715

  Hirsch, Kelvin G ^a   Podur, Justin J ^b   Janser, Robert F ^c   McAlpine, Robert S ^c   Martell, David L ^b  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FUELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FIRE CREWS; FIRELINE PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

FIRE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2942704097     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-237     Document Type: Article

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