Interactive effects of vegetation, soil moisture and bulk density on depth of burning of thick organic soils

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-429

  Benscoter, B W ^a,e   Thompson, D K ^b   Waddington, J M ^b   Flannigan, M D ^c,d   Wotton, B M ^c   De Groot, W J ^c   Turetsky, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bog; boreal; carbon; fire; ground layer fuels; peat; peatland; smouldering; Sphagnum; surface fuel combustion

Indexed keywords

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 79955968456     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF08183     Document Type: Article

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