Smoldering combustion and ground fires: Ecological effects and multi-scale significance

Fire Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-132

  Watts, Adam C ^a   Kobziar, Leda N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground fire; Hydrology; Muck; Organic soil; Peat; Smoldering combustion; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HYDROLOGY; ORGANIC SOIL; PEAT; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876160956     PISSN: 19339747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0901124     Document Type: Article

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