Shrub fuel characteristics estimated from overstory variables in NW Spain pine stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 275, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-141

  Castedo Dorado, Fernando ^a   Gómez Vázquez, Ibán ^b   Fernandes, Paulo M ^c   Crecente Campo, Felipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Fire behaviour; Fuel treatments; Overstory variables; Pinus sp.; Shrub variables; Understory

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FUEL TREATMENTS; OVERSTORY VARIABLES; PINUS SP; SHRUB VARIABLES; UNDERSTORY;

FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OVERSTORY; PHYTOMASS; SHRUB; UNDERSTORY;

BIOMASS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; FUELS; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRUBS; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

PINUS PINASTER; PINUS RADIATA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84860515675     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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