Using stand-level optimization to reduce crown fire hazard

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-319

  Graetz, David H ^a   Sessions, John ^a   Garman, Steven L ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown fire; Dynamic programming; Northeast Oregon; Stand level optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

CROWN FIRES; NEAR OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; NORTHEAST OREGON; STAND LEVEL OPTIMIZATION;

FIRE HAZARDS;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; STAND STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947728443     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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