Adding fuel to the fire? Revegetation influences wildfire size and intensity

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 150, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-205

  Collins, L ^a   Penman, T D ^a   Price, O F ^a   Bradstock, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Ecological restoration; Forest; Phoenix rapidfire; Woodland

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOR; PASTURE; REVEGETATION; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE; FOREST; LANDSCAPE; PASTURE; REVEGETATION; SIMULATION; WEATHER; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE;

AUSTRALIA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; TREES; WEATHER;

EID: 84917710945     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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