Relative importance of fuel management, ignition management and weather for area burned: Evidence from five landscapefiresuccession models

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-156

  Cary, Geoffrey J ^a,b   Flannigan, Mike D ^c   Keane, Robert E ^d   Bradstock, Ross A ^b,e   Davies, Ian D ^a   Lenihan, James M ^f   Li, Chao ^c   Logan, Kimberley A ^c   Parsons, Russell A ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CAF ; Fire management; FIRESCAPE; LAMOS; LANDSUM; Model comparison; SEM LAND; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749099631     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07085     Document Type: Article

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