Fuel load reductions and fire risk in central hardwood forests of the united states: A spatial simulation study

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-102

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire risk; Fuel; Fuel treatment; LANDIS; Landscape model; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WILDFIRE;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544356855     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.01.020     Document Type: Article

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