Land management practices associated with house loss in wildfires.

Land management practices associated with house loss in wildfires.

Losses to life and property from unplanned fires (wildfires) are forecast to increase because of population growth in peri-urban areas and climate change. In response, there have been moves to increase fuel reduction--clearing, prescribed burning, biomass removal and grazing--to afford greater prote...

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Main Authors: Philip Gibbons, Linda van Bommel, A Malcolm Gill, Geoffrey J Cary, Don A Driscoll, Ross A Bradstock, Emma Knight, Max A Moritz, Scott L Stephens, David B Lindenmayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3260958?pdf=render

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