Studying the effects of fuel treatment based on burn probability on a boreal forest landscape

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-52

  Liu, Zhihua ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   He, Hong S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn probability; Fire; Fuel treatment; LANDIS; Northeast China

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BURN PROBABILITIES; FIRE RISKS; FUEL LOADS; FUEL TREATMENTS; FUELS MANAGEMENT; LANDIS; LANDSCAPE SCALE; NORTHEAST CHINA; PROBABILITY MAPS; WILDFIRE RISKS;

FIRES;

FUEL;

BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL FOREST; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; MAP; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; FIRE; FOREST; HARVESTING; LANDSCAPE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEATHER;

CHINA;

EID: 84870810128     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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