Predicting litter and live herb fuel consumption during prescribed fires in native and old-field upland pine communities of the southeastern United States

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1611-1622

  Reid, Angela M ^a   Robertson, Kevin M ^a   Hmielowski, Tracy L ^b  

^a TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BULK DENSITY; COMPUTER MODELS; CONSUMPTION CALCULATION; DROUGHT INDICES; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENERGY RELEASE; FIRE EFFECT; FIRE EMISSIONS; FIRST ORDER; FUEL LOADS; FUEL MOISTURE; LITTER FUEL; LOBLOLLY PINE; LONGLEAF PINE; OLD-FIELD; PINUS PALUSTRIS MILL; PINUS TAEDA; PRESCRIBED FIRES; REGRESSION MODEL;

AIR QUALITY; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; FUELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FIRES;

AIR QUALITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HERB; LITTER; MOISTURE CONTENT; NATIVE SPECIES; OLD FIELD; PREDICTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84864585964     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-096     Document Type: Article

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