Assessing the impact of stand-level harvests on the flammability of forest landscapes

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 584-592

  Palma, Cristian D ^a   Cui, Wenbin ^b   Martell, David L ^c   Robak, Dario ^d   Weintraub, Andres ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fire spread; Fire smart forest management; Fuel management; Shortest path algorithm.

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548933852     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06116     Document Type: Article

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