Microclimate effects of fuels-reduction and group-selection silviculture: Implications for fire behavior in Sierran mixed-conifer forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 264, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-59

  Bigelow, Seth W ^a   North, Malcolm P ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuels reduction thinning; Group selection; Microclimate; Mixed conifer forest; Soil moisture; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

FUELS-REDUCTION THINNING; GROUP SELECTION; MICROCLIMATE; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; FUELS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPEED;

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; GROUP SELECTION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MICROCLIMATE; MIXED FOREST; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THINNING; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE; WIND VELOCITY;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; NEVADA; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVICULTURE; TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 80055011182     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.031     Document Type: Article

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