Change trends of forest fire danger in Yunnan Province in 1957-2007

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2333-2338

  Zhao, Feng Jun ^a   Shu, Li Fu ^a   Tiao, Xiao Rui ^a   Wang, Mine Yu ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fire weather index (FWI); Forest fire danger; Seasonal severity rating (SSR)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; GLOBAL WARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE WEATHER;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 77749295143     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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