Vegetation and topographical correlates of fire severity from two fires in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of Oregon and California

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-245

  Alexander, John D ^a   Seavy, Nathaniel E ^a,b   Ralph, C John ^c   Hogoboom, Bill ^c  

^a Klamath Bird Observatory   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification trees; Topography; Vegetation structure; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744727159     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05053     Document Type: Article

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