The influence of weather and fuel type on the fuel composition of the area burned by forest fires in Ontario, 1996-2006

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1246-1252

  Podur, Justin J ^a,b   Martell, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area burned; Burn fraction; Fire weather; Forest fires; Forest fuels; Fuel management

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATABASE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; FIRE; TREE; WEATHER;

BIOMASS; FIRES; ONTARIO; TREES; WEATHER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 68149141570     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0790.1     Document Type: Article

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