Simulating fire spread with landscape management scenarios

Forest Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 522-529

  LaCroix, Jacob J ^a   Ryu, Soung Ryoul ^a   Zheng, Daolan ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

FARSITE; HARVEST; Landscape structure; Management; Surface fire

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RAIN;

FARSITE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SURFACE FIRE;

FIRES;

FOREST FIRES; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; RAIN;

EID: 33751101322     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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