Predicting forest floor moisture for burned and unburned Pinus banksiana forests in the Canadian Northwest Territories

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-80

  Abbott, Keith N ^a   Alexander, Martin E ^b   MacLean, David A ^a   Leblon, Brigitte ^a   Beck, Judith A ^c   Staples, Gordon C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Protection Program   (Australia)

^d RADARSAT International   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 33847178366     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06021     Document Type: Article

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