Wildfire's resistance to control in mountain pine beetle-attacked lodgepole pine forests

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 783-794

  Page, Wesley G ^a   Alexander, Martin E ^a,b   Jenkins, Michael J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire behaviour; Fire hazard; Fire suppression; Firefighter safety; Forest fuels; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES;

DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FOREST FUEL; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS; TREE MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; WILDFIRE;

FIRE FIGHTING; FOREST FIRES; MORTALITY; SAFETY EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84894416324     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2013-141     Document Type: Article

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