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Wildfire frequency varies with the size and shape of fuel types in southeastern France: Implications for environmental management

Characterizing time intervals between successive fires in the recent history is of main interest for fire hazard prevention and sustainable environmental management as it indicates what the typical fire return interval for each type of ecosystem is. We tested the extent to which fire return interval...

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Published in:Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 117; pp. 150 - 162
Main Authors: Curt, Thomas, Borgniet, Laurent, Bouillon, Christophe
Format: Article
Published: Academic Press Inc. Mar2013
Subjects:
Provence (France)
Wildfire prevention
Fire risk assessment
Statistical methods of forest surveys
Weibull distribution
Environmental management
Forest fire management
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