An overview of the Fuel Characteristic Classification System - Quantifying, classifying, and creating fuelbeds for resource planning

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2383-2393

  Ottmar, Roger D ^a   Sandberg, David V ^b   Riccardi, Cynthia L ^a   Prichard, Susan J ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LAND USE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WOOD FUELS;

CATALOGUE FUELBEDS; FIRE CLASSIFICATION; LAND MANAGERS;

FOSSIL FUELS;

DESIGN; EMISSION INVENTORY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY; LICHEN; LITTER; MOSS; PLANNING PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRUB;

FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 38349162506     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-077     Document Type: Review

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