Long-term effects of fire suppression policy on forest landscape, fuels dynamics, and fire risks in Great Xing'an Mountains

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-79

  Liu, Zhi Hua ^a,b   Chang, Yu ^a   He, Hong Shi ^a   Chen, Hong Wei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fire risk; Fire suppression; Forest landscape; Fuels management; Great Xing'an Mountains; LANDIS; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FORESTRY POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; DA HINGGAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; LARIX; LARIX GMELINII;

EID: 62349085104     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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