Fire behavior in masticated fuels: A review

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 314, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-207

  Kreye, Jesse K ^a   Brewer, Nolan W ^b,c   Morgan, Penelope ^b   Varner, J Morgan ^a   Smith, Alistair M S ^b   Hoffman, Chad M ^d   Ottmar, Roger D ^e  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Washington State Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

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

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Fire hazard; Fuels heterogeneity; Fuels management; Fuels treatments; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

FOREST FLOORS; FUELS MANAGEMENT; FUELS TREATMENT; LONG DURATION; SILVICULTURE; TREES AND SHRUBS; VEGETATION RESPONSE; WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE;

COMBUSTION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; MASTICATION;

FUELS;

COMBUSTION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PREDICTION; SILVICULTURE;

COMBUSTION; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892868520     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.11.035     Document Type: Article

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