PiroPinus: A spreadsheet application to guide prescribed burning operations in maritime pine forest

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-61

  Fernandes, Paulo M ^a   Loureiro, Carlos ^a   Botelho, Hermínio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Decision support; Fire management; Microsoft Excel; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRE EFFECT; FIRE ENVIRONMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MARITIME PINES; MICROSOFT EXCEL; MODELLING TOOLS; PINUS PINASTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

FIRES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPREADSHEET;

COMBUSTION; DECISION THEORY; FOREST FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS PINASTER;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 83455171602     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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