Fire behavior in Mediterranean shrub species (Maquis)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4122-4129

  Saǧlam, Bülent ^a   Bilgili, Ertuǧrul ^a   Küçük, Ömer ^c   Durmaz, Bahar Dinç ^b  

^a ARTVIN CORUH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fire behavior; Fuel biomass; Maquis; Shrubland; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FIRE; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; SHRUB; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VEGETATION;

EID: 57149100401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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