Fire and soil temperatures during controlled burns in seasonally dry tropical forests of southern India

Current Science

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1590-1594

  Mondal, Nandita ^a   Sukumar, Raman ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biligiri rangaswamy temple wildlife sanctuary; Fuel load; Fuel moisture; Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary; Temperature indicating lacquers; Weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910616728     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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