Variability of fire behavior, fire effects, and emissions in Scotch pine forests of central Siberia

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-74

  McRae, D J ^a   Conard, S G ^b   Ivanova, G A ^c   Sukhinin, A I ^c   Baker, S P ^d   Samsonov, Y N ^e   Blake, T W ^a   Ivanov, V A ^c   Ivanov, A V ^c   Churkina, T V ^c   Hao, W M ^d   Koutzenogij, K P ^e   Kovaleva, Nataly ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Carbon; Emissions; FIRE BEAR Project; Fire regimes; Forest fire behavior; Scotch pine; Siberia

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FIRE; GLOBAL CHANGE;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

CLADONIA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33645213167     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-006-1008-4     Document Type: Article

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