Crown fire behaviour in a northern jack pine - Black spruce forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1548-1560

  Stocks, B J ^a   Alexander, M E ^b   Wotton, B M ^a   Stefner, C N ^b   Flannigan, M D ^a   Taylor, S W ^c   Lavoie, N ^d   Mason, J A ^a   Hartley, G R ^a   Maffey, M E ^b   Dalrymple, G N ^c   Blake, T W ^a   Cruz, M G ^e   Lanoville, R A ^f  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; THICKNESS CONTROL;

CROWN FIRES; INTERNATIONAL CROWN FIRE MODELLING EXPERIMENT (ICFME); OVERSTORY CANOPY;

FIRES;

BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 8644277301     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-054     Document Type: Article

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