Assessment of Biomass Burning in the Conterminous United States

Assessment of Biomass Burning in the Conterminous United States

Wildland fire has been an integral part of the landscape of the conterminous United States for millennia. Analysis of contemporary and pre-industrial (~ 200 - 500 yr BP) conditions, using potential natural vegetation, satellite imagery, and ecological fire regime information, shows that wildland fir...

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Main Author: Bill Leenhouts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 1998-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
air quality
biomass burning
climate change
conterminous United States
emission estimates
fire regimes
pre-industrial conditions
prescribed burning
wildland fire.
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol2/iss1/art1/

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