Evaluating fuelbreak strategies for compartmentalizing a fire-prone forest landscape in Alberta, Canada.
Large wildfires, the dominant natural disturbance type in North American forests, can cause significant damage to human infrastructure. One well-known approach to reduce the threat of wildfires is the strategic removal of forest fuels in linear firebreaks that segment forest landscapes into distinct...
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| Main Authors: | Denys Yemshanov, Ning Liu, Eric W Neilson, Frank H Koch, Marc-André Parisien |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2025-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321722 |
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