The relative importance of fine-scale fuel mosaics on reducing fire risk in south-west Tasmania, Australia

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-430

  King, Karen J ^a,e   Bradstock, Ross A ^b,e   Cary, Geoffrey J ^a,e   Chapman, Joanne ^c   Marsden Smedley, Jon B ^d,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire management; FIRESCAPE; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849089883     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07052     Document Type: Article

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