Within-stand variation in understorey vegetation affects fire behaviour in longleaf pine xeric sandhills

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 866-875

  Wenk, Evelyn S ^a,b   Wang, G Geoff ^a   Walker, Joan L ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

fire temperature; fuel complex; fuel heterogeneity; turkey oak; wiregrass

Indexed keywords

PINUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS CERRIS;

EID: 80055086490     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10087     Document Type: Article

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