Simulating fuel reduction scenarios on a wildland-urban interface in northeastern Oregon

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 656, 2005, Pages 215-227

  Ager, Alan A ^a   Barbour, R James ^b   Hayes, Jane L ^c  

^a Umatilla National Forest   (United States)

^b Pacific Northwest Region   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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WILDFIRE;

EID: 31544475692     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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