Heterogeneity in fire severity within early season and late season prescribed burns in a mixed-conifer forest

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-45

  Knapp, Eric E ^a   Keeley, Jon E ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Landscape heterogeneity; Prescribed fire; Season of burning

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33644826012     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF04068     Document Type: Article

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