Fuels and predicted fire behavior in the southern Appalachian Mountains after fire and fire surrogate treatments

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-45

  Waldrop, Thomas ^a   Phillips, Ross A ^b   Simon, Dean A ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel reduction; Mechanical; Open woodland condition; Prescribed fire; Restoration; Thinning; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BURNING TREATMENT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE SURROGATES; FLAME LENGTH; FOREST FLOORS; FUEL REDUCTION; FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENT; HARDWOOD FORESTS; ICE STORM; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; NORTH CAROLINA; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRESCRIBED FIRES; RESIDUAL EFFECTS; SIMULATED FIRE; SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; TREES AND SHRUBS; UNTREATED CONTROL;

FORESTRY; FUELS; LANDFORMS; RESTORATION;

FIRES;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; REDUCTION; RESTORATION; THINNING;

EID: 76749105555     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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