Effects of fuel treatments on California mixed-conifer forests

Land managers implement forest fuel reduction treatments, including prescribed fire, mastication, and hand- and mechanical thinning, to modify wildfire behavior. Fuel treatments decrease tree density, increase mean canopy base height and remove surface fuels, and have been...

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Published in:	California Agriculture
Main Authors:	Eric M. Winford, Jens T. Stevens, Hugh D. Safford
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2015-07-01
Subjects:	fire science and management forest ecology natural resource management Natural Resources
Online Access:	http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v069n03p150