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Assessing the effect of a fuel break network to reduce burnt area and wildfire risk transmission

Tiago M. Oliveira A B F , Ana M. G. Barros C , Alan A. Ager D and Paulo M. Fernandes E
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A The Navigator Company, Apartado 55, 2901-861 Setúbal, Portugal.

B Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal.

C College of Forestry, Oregon State University, 3100 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA.

D USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, 5775 US Highway 10W, Missoula, MT 59808 USA.

E Centro de Investigação e Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas (CITAB), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.

F Corresponding author. Email: tiago.oliveira@thenavigatorcompany.com

International Journal of Wildland Fire 25(6) 619-632 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF15146
Submitted: 5 August 2015  Accepted: 25 February 2016   Published: 9 May 2016



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