LANDFIRE - A national vegetation/fuels data base for use in fuels treatment, restoration, and suppression planning

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 208-216

  Ryan, Kevin C ^a   Opperman, Tonja S ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Fire behavior; Fire planning; LANDFIRE; Mega fire; Wildland fuels

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LANDFIRE; MEGA-FIRE; WILDLAND FUELS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FUELS; MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DATA SET; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUEL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDSCAPE; PREDICTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TERRAIN; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84874993228     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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