Simulating forest fuel and fire risk dynamics across landscapes - LANDIS fuel module design

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-151

  He, Hong S ^a   Shang, Bo Z ^a   Crow, Thomas R ^b   Gustafson, Eric J ^b   Shifley, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse fuel; Fine fuel; Fire intensity; Fire risk; Fuel treatment; LANDIS; Landscape model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST FIRE; FUEL; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; WILDFIRE;

EID: 4544228678     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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