Characterisation of forest fires in Austria

Austrian Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-32

  Vacik, Harald ^a   Arndt, Natalie ^a   Arpaci, Alexander ^a   Koch, Valerie ^a   Müller, Mortimer ^a   Gossow, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine region; Austria; Database; Ecozones; Fire frequency

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATABASE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOZONE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; NATURAL RESOURCE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WEATHER;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 79957764715     PISSN: 03795292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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