Human and biophysical factors influencing modern fire disturbance in northern Wisconsin

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 398-413

  Sturtevant, Brian R ^a   Cleland, David T ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic fire; Biophysical units; Modern fire regime; Presettlement fire rotation; Rural development; Wildfire occurrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548067728     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06023     Document Type: Article

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