Evaluating wildland fire danger and prioritizing vegetation and fuels treatments

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Hessburg, Paul F ^a   Reynolds, Keith M ^b   Keane, Robert E ^c   James, Kevin M ^a   Salter, R Brion ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; EMDS; Fire behavior; Fire danger; Fire hazard; Forest restoration; Ignition risk; Landscape evaluation; Monitoring; NetWeaver ; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT; FIRE DANGER; FOREST RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE EVALUATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

FIRES;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST EDGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUEL; GIS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND EVALUATION; NATURAL HAZARD; PRIORITIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VEGETATION; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

FOREST FIRES; FUELS; PLANTATIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 34447253313     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.068     Document Type: Article

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