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Two Big Fire-drivers (Fuel vs. Wind) Mean Different Management Strategies Across California

2019 Research Brief

Description

This paper contrasts the two most important factors driving large fires: fuel-dominated vs. wind-dominated wildfires.


Contact

Jon E. Keeley, jon_keeley@usgs.gov 

Marti Witter, marti_witter@nps.gov 

Liz van Mantgem, evanmantgem@usgs.gov

Additional Information

Keeley, J.E., and A.D. Syphard. 2019. Twenty-first century California, USA, wildfires: fuel-dominated vs. wind-dominated fires. Fire Ecology 15:24