Crown fire potential in lodgepole pine forests during the red stage of mountain pine beetle attack

Forestry

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 347-361

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

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84899821038     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpu003     Document Type: Review

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