Exploring the onset of high-impact mega-fires through a forest land management prism

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-10

  Williams, Jerry ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought effects; Mega fires; Wildland fire protection

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS; DISTURBANCE REGIME; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; FOREST -LAND MANAGEMENTS; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; MEGA-FIRES; NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FUELS; LAND USE; PRISMS;

FIRES;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BLACK CARBON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT STRESS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY POLICY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; COSTS; DEFORESTATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; SAFETY EQUIPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84874998163     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.030     Document Type: Article

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