Role of weather and fuel in stopping fire spread in tropical savannas

Austral Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-144

  Price, Owen F ^a   Borah, Rittick ^a   Maier, Stefan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arnhem Land; Extinguish; Fire management; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDFIRE;

ARNHEM LAND; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84896488513     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12021     Document Type: Article

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