Fuel structural traits modulating soil temperatures in different species patches of Mediterranean Basin shrublands

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 668-677

  Santana, Victor M ^a   Baeza, M Jaime ^a,b   Vallejo, V Ramn ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dead fuel; fire behaviour; fire intensity; fire severity; flammability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051649238     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10083     Document Type: Article

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