Climatic change and fire potential in South-Central British Columbia, Canada

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 841-855

  Nitschke, Craig R ^a   Innes, John L ^a  

^a Department of Forest Resources Management ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Climate change; Fire behaviour; Fire severity; Forest management; Okanagan; Risk; Uncertainty; Vulnerability; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OKANAGAN VALLEY;

EID: 41149138078     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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