Live fuel moisture content and leaf ignition of forest species in Andean Patagonia, Argentina

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 340-348

  Bianchi, Lucas O ^a   Defossé, Guillermo E ^a,b  

^a Centro de Investigacion y Extension Forestal Andino   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

fire behaviour; foliar moisture; Patagonian forests; wildfires

Indexed keywords

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; CHUSQUEA CULEOU; CUPRESSUS; LOMATIA HIRSUTA; NOTHOFAGUS ANTARCTICA; POPULUS NIGRA; SCHINUS PATAGONICUS;

EID: 84929328164     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF13099     Document Type: Article

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