Rate of spread of fires in Calluna vulgaris-dominated moorlands

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1054-1063

  Davies, Gwilym M ^a,b,d   Legg, Colin J ^a   Smith, Alexander A ^b   MacDonald, Angus J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c AJMacDonald Ecological Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Fuel moisture; Fuel structure; Heathland; Redundancy analysis; Shrubland; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MOORLAND; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WIND VELOCITY;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 70349705618     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01681.x     Document Type: Article

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