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A synthesis on crown fires in conifer forests is underway
Document Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Martin E. Alexander
Publication Year: 2011

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Keyword(s):
  • conifer forests
  • coniferous forests
  • crown fires
  • elevation
  • fire management
  • forest management
  • global
  • lodgepole pine
  • national forests
  • Pinus contorta
  • rate of spread
  • wildfires
  • Wyoming
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Record Last Modified: November 1, 2019
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Tall Timbers Record Number: 26152
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TTRS Call Number: A13.32:71/1
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Description

The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) has elected to support a project aimed at synthesizing the currently available information on the characteristics and prediction of crown fire behavior in conifer forests (Alexander and others 2010). This would include such facets of crown fire behavior as the onset of crowning and the type of crown fire (passive, active, independent) and the associated spread rate and fireline intensity in relation to the wildland fire environment (i.e., fuels, weather, and topography).

Online Link(s):
Link to the full Fire Management Today issue (1.6 MB; pdf)
Citation:
Alexander, Martin E. 2011. A synthesis on crown fires in conifer forests is underway. Fire Management Today 71(1):36.

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