The influence of wildfire boundary delineation on our understanding of burning patterns in the Alberta foothills

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1253-1263

  Andison, David W ^a  

^a Bandaloop Landscape Ecosystem Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; BOREAL FORESTS; BOUNDARY DELINEATION; DISTURBANCE PATTERNS; ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY; ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT; FUEL TYPES;

ECOSYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

FIRES;

BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FUEL; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDFIRE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84864802742     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-074     Document Type: Article

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