Use of expert knowledge to develop fuel maps for wildland fire management

Expert Knowledge and its Application in Landscape Ecology

Volumn 9781461410348, Issue , 2012, Pages 211-228

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Reeves, Matt ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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EID: 84949178902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1034-8_11     Document Type: Chapter

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