Effectiveness of prescribed fire as a fuel treatment in Californian coniferous forests

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-175

  Vaillant, Nicole M ^a,b   Fites Kaufman, Jo Ann ^b   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire behavior modeling; Fire hazard; Fire risk; Fuels Management Analyst; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749114536     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06065     Document Type: Article

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