The impact of antecedent fire area on burned area in southern California coastal ecosystems

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 301-307

  Price, Owen F ^a   Bradstock, Ross A ^a   Keeley, Jon E ^b   Syphard, Alexandra D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Fire management; Leverage; Prescribed fire; Risk management; Santa ana

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY;

BURNED AREAS; CHAPARRAL; FIRE AREAS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LEVERAGE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRESCRIBED FIRES; RISKS MANAGEMENT; SANTA ANA; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; CHAPARRAL; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHRUB; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL PLAIN; FIRE; GRASSLAND; SAVANNA; SHRUB; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA ANA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867237252     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.08.042     Document Type: Article

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