Linking complex forest fuel structure and fire behaviour at fine scales

doi:10.1071/WF10116

Linking complex forest fuel structure and fire behaviour at fine scales

E. Louise Loudermilk ^A ^I, Joseph J. O’Brien ^B, Robert J. Mitchell ^C, Wendell P. Cropper ^D, J. Kevin Hiers ^E, Sabine Grunwald ^F, John Grego ^G and Juan C. Fernandez-Diaz ^H

^A School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, PO Box 110410, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
^B USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 320 Green Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
^C Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, 3988 Jones Center Drive, Newton, GA 39870, USA.
^D School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, PO Box 110410, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
^E Eglin Air Force Base, Natural Resource Branch, 107 Highway 85 North, Niceville, FL 32578, USA.
^F Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, PO Box 110290, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
^G Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina, 1523 Greene Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
^H Geosensing Engineering and Mapping Center, University of Florida, PO Box 116580, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
^I Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, USA. Email: louise.loudermilk@gmail.com

International Journal of Wildland Fire 21(7) 882-893 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF10116
Submitted: 18 October 2010 Accepted: 21 February 2012 Published: 26 July 2012