The effect of fuel age on the spread of fire in sclerophyll forest in the Sydney region of Australia

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-45

  Price, Owen F ^a   Bradstock, Ross A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

bushfire risk; fire management; prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649900385     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF08167     Document Type: Article

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