Spatial and temporal variability of guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) fuel loads and moisture on Oahu, Hawaii

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1083-1092

  Ellsworth, Lisa M ^a   Litton, Creighton M ^a   Taylor, Andrew D ^a   Kauffman, J Boone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fire behaviour; fire modelling; fuels modelling; invasive species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889688194     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12051     Document Type: Article

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