Wildfire frequency varies with the size and shape of fuel types in southeastern France: Implications for environmental management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-161

  Curt, Thomas ^a   Borgniet, Laurent ^a   Bouillon, Christophe ^a  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

Author keywords

Fire regime; Fire return interval; Landscape management; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

AGE DEPENDENCY; FIRE REGIMES; FIRE RETURN INTERVALS; FUEL TYPES; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN-TYPE ECOSYSTEMS; SHRUBLANDS; SIZE AND SHAPE; WEIBULL MODELS; WILDFIRE FREQUENCIES;

FIRES;

FUEL;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PATCH SIZE; SHRUBLAND; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WEIBULL THEORY; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE; FLAMMABILITY; FOREST; FRANCE; HAZARD; LANDSCAPE; OAK; PINE; SCRUB;

FRANCE; PROVENCE;

EID: 84873838746     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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