Human impacts on the fire regime of interior Alaska: Interactions among fuels, ignition sources, and fire suppression

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1342-1353

  DeWilde, La'ona ^a   Chapin III, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Climate change; Fire size; Fire suppression; Fuel, human caused fires; Ignition; Lightning caused fires; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FUEL; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; WILDFIRE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846515214     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-006-0095-0     Document Type: Article

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