Fuel treatments and fire severity: A meta-analysis

USDA Forest Service - Research Paper RMRS-RP

Volumn , Issue 103 RP, 2013, Pages 1-38

  Martinson, Erik J ^a   Omi, Philip N ^b  

^a MarLynn Ecological Consulting   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Prescribed burning; Synthesis; Thinning; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUEL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878969145     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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