Effects of fuel treatments on carbon-disturbance relationships in forests of the northern Rocky Mountains

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1427-1435

  Reinhardt, Elizabeth ^a   Holsinger, Lisa ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions; Prescribed fire; Thinning; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CROWN FIRES; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE POTENTIAL; FIRE SEVERITY; FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR; FUEL TREATMENTS; HABITAT TYPE; NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; PRESCRIBED FIRES; UNTREATED STANDS;

FORESTRY; FUELS; LANDFORMS;

FIRES;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUEL; HABITAT TYPE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

EMISSION; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; THINNING;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77649272305     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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