Developing wildfire risk probability models for Eucalyptus globulus stands in Portugal

IForest

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 217-227

  Botequim, Brigite ^a   Garcia Gonzalo, Jordi ^a   Marques, Susete ^a   Ricardo, Alexandra ^a   Borges, José Guilherme ^a   Tomé, Margarida ^a   Oliveira, Maria Manuela ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Annual wildfire risk model; Eucalyptus globulus Labill; Forest fires; Forest management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879820274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0821-006     Document Type: Article

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