Laboratory determination of factors influencing successful point ignition in the litter layer of shrubland vegetation

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 628-637

  Plucinski, Matt P ^a,b   Anderson, Wendy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ignition thresholds; Laboratory experiments; Shrubland litter

Indexed keywords

ALLOCASUARINA NANA;

EID: 53849097041     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07046     Document Type: Article

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