Assessing mitigation of wildfire severity by fuel treatments - An example from the Coastal Plain of Mississippi

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-420

  Martinson, Erik J ^a   Omi, Philip N ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Longleaf pine; Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge; Prescribed burning; Slash pine

Indexed keywords

GRUS CANADENSIS PULLA; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 45849141542     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06067     Document Type: Article

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