Nomographs for predicting crown fire initiation in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) forests

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-561

  Dimitrakopoulos, Alex P ^a   Mitsopoulos, I D ^a   Raptis, D I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; Crown fires; Fire behavior; Mediterranean; Nomographs

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FORESTRY PRACTICE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PREDICTION; WILDFIRE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 34648829037     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-007-0176-4     Document Type: Article

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