Forest fuel management for wildfire prevention in Spain: A quantitative SWOT analysis

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 373-384

  Marino, Eva ^a   Hernando, Carmen ^a   Planelles, Rosa ^b   Madrigal, Javier ^a   Guijarro, Mercedes ^a   Sebastián, Ana ^c  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b EIMFOR SL ^*  (Spain)

^c GMV Aerospace SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

controlled grazing; FIRESMART; forest planning; prescribed burning; rural development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900303427     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12203     Document Type: Article

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