Using a fire propagation model to assess the efficiency of prescribed burning in reducing the fire hazard

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1502-1514

  Cassagne, Nathalie ^a   Pimont, François ^a   Dupuy, Jean Luc ^a   Linn, Rodman R ^b   Mårell, Anders ^a,c   Oliveri, Chloé ^a   Rigolot, Eric ^a  

^a French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Fire behaviour; FIRETEC; Fuel dynamics; Mediterranean fuel complexes; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRETEC; FUEL DYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN FUEL COMPLEXES; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

FIRE HAZARDS; FUELS;

FIRES;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUEL; GRASSLAND; LIMESTONE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESPROUTING; SHRUBLAND; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

FRANCE;

BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 79953029766     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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