Sudden oak death-caused changes to surface fuel loading and potential fire behavior in Douglas-fir-tanoak forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1973-1986

  Valachovic, Yana S ^a   Lee, Christopher A ^a   Scanlon, Hugh ^b   Varner, J Morgan ^c   Glebocki, Radoslaw ^a   Graham, Bradley D ^a   Rizzo, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Fire suppression; Fuel models; Herbicide; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; DOUGLAS FIR; DOWNED WOODY DEBRIS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FLAME LENGTH; FUEL ACCUMULATION; FUEL LOADING; FUEL MODEL; FUEL MODELS; FUELS TREATMENT; HERBICIDE TREATMENT; IN-CONTROL; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; RATES OF SPREAD; STAND STRUCTURES; TIME HORIZONS; WILDLAND FIRE;

DEBRIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FLAME RESEARCH; FORESTRY; FUELS; LOADING; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FUEL; HERBICIDE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; STAND STRUCTURE; WOODY DEBRIS;

DISEASES; FIBER DEBRIS; FIRE FIGHTING; FLAMES; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HERBICIDES; QUERCUS; RESEARCH; SAFETY EQUIPMENT; WEED CONTROL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

LITHOCARPUS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 79954992343     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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