Insulation capacity of three bark types of temperate Eucalyptus species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 224-232

  Wesolowski, Anita ^a   Adams, Mark A ^b   Pfautsch, Sebastian ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Heat conductance; Lethal temperature; Periderm; Surface fire; Vascular cambium

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEAT CONDUCTANCE; LETHAL TEMPERATURE; PERIDERM; VASCULAR CAMBIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORESTRY; FROST PROTECTION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

FIRES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BARK; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE; MORTALITY; SENSOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TREE;

AUSTRALIA; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84890013405     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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