Existing fire behaviour models under-predict the rate of spread of summer fires in open jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest

Australian Forestry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-26

  McCaw, W L ^a,c   Gould, J S ^b,c   Cheney, N P ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus marginata; Experiments; Fire behaviour; Forest fires; Fuel; Jarrah; Model; Weather; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

FIRE BEHAVIOUR; TALL SHRUB SITE;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATES; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; FORESTRY; MOISTURE;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 42349086222     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2008.10676267     Document Type: Article

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