Edge effects on fire spread in a disturbed Northern Wisconsin landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1081-1092

  LaCroix, Jacob J ^a,b   Li, Qinglin ^c   Chen, Jiquan ^a   Henderson, Rachel ^a   John, Ranjeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Timberline Natural Resource Group Ltd ^*  (United States)

^c Timberline Natural Resource Group Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chequamegon; Edge effects; Edge influence; FARSITE; Fire spread; Fuel loading

Indexed keywords

BURNING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST FIRE;

CHEQUAMEGON-NICOLET NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 54349124753     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9265-0     Document Type: Article

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