Predicted fire behavior in selected mountain pine beetle-infested lodgepole pine

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 662-674

  Page, Wesley ^a   Jenkins, Michael J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire behavior; Fuel models; Fuels management; Mountain pine beetle

Indexed keywords

FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUELS MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLES;

FORESTRY;

FIRES; INSECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 37149056301     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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