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Fact Sheet: Understanding Fire and Fire Behavior

Friederici, P.G. (2006) Fact Sheet: Understanding Fire and Fire Behavior. Other. NAU Ecological Restoration Institute.

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Abstract

Fire always obeys the laws of physics, and is always made up of three elements: fuel, oxygen, and heat. How it behaves on the landscape can be unpredictable. Yet people can, to an extent, shape how fire moves through a landscape, even one as large as southwestern ponderosa pine forests.

Item Type: Monograph (Other)
Keywords: ERI Library, fact sheet, Fire behavior
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
S Agriculture > SD Forestry
NAU Depositing Author Academic Status: Faculty/Staff
Department/Unit: Research Centers > Ecological Restoration Institute
Date Deposited: 18 Oct 2015 04:44
URI: http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/1270

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