Factors influencing the formation of unburned forest islands within the perimeter of a large forest fire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-80

  Román Cuesta, Rosa Maria ^a   Gracia, Marc ^b   Retana, Javier ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fuels; Large forest fires; Mediterranean forests; Topography; Unburned patches; Vegetation islands

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTORS; BROADLEAF SPECIES; COVER TYPES; FOREST COVERS; FOREST MANAGEMENTS; FOREST STRUCTURES; FUEL TREATMENTS; ISLAND FORMATIONS; LAND COVERS; LANDSCAPE INDICES; LARGE FOREST FIRES; LESS FLAMMABLE; LINEAR FEATURES; MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MICROCLIMATIC EFFECTS; POST FIRES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; UNBURNED PATCHES; WATER STRESS; WIND SPEED; WOOD VOLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FIRES; VEGETATION; WIND STRESS;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROCLIMATE; STAND STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; FUELS; PLANTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349177493     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.041     Document Type: Article

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