Linking complex forest fuel structure and fire behaviour at fine scales

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 882-893

  Loudermilk, E Louise ^a,g   O'Brien, Joseph J ^b   Mitchell, Robert J ^c   Cropper, Wendell P ^a   Hiers, J Kevin ^d   Grunwald, Sabine ^e   Grego, John ^f   Fernandez Diaz, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fuel heterogeneity; IR imagery; LIDAR; longleaf pine; regression tree; savanna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867818437     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10116     Document Type: Article

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