Patterns of fuel types and crown fire potential in Pinus halepensis forests in the Western Mediterranean Basin

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 282-290

  Alvarez, Albert ^a   Gracia, Marc ^a   Vayreda, Jordi ^a   Retana, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crown fire potential; Forest structure; Fuel type; Pinus halepensis; Thinning; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CROWN FIRES; FOREST STRUCTURE; FUEL TYPE; PINUS HALEPENSIS; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY; FUELS;

FIRES;

ARIDITY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOSURE; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST INVENTORY; HETEROGENEITY; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

BASINS; CROWNS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; MEDITERRANEAN; PENINSULAS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; THINNING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84858006943     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.039     Document Type: Article

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