Fire hazard after prescribed burning in a gorse shrubland: Implications for fuel management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1003-1011

  Marino, Eva ^a   Guijarro, Mercedes ^a   Hernando, Carmen ^a   Madrigal, Javier ^a   Díez, Carmen ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire hazard; Flammability; Fuel treatment effectiveness; Prescribed burning; Shrubland; Ulex europaeus

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

FIRE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; SHRUBLAND;

ARTICLE; FIRE HAZARD; FIRE PROTECTION; FLAMMABILITY; HAZARD; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SCRUB; ULEX EUROPAEUS; WIND;

SPAIN;

ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 78650521445     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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