Two Big Fire-drivers (Fuel vs. Wind) Mean Different Management Strategies Across California: Research Brief
/This paper contrasts the two most important factors driving large fires: fuel-dominated vs. wind-dominated wildfires.
Keeley, J.E., and A.D. Syphard. 2019. Twenty-first century California, USA, wildfires: fuel-dominated vs. wind-dominated fires. Fire Ecology 15:24 doi.org/10.1186/s42408-019-0041-0.
Linking California Wildfire Drivers to the Appropriate Management Tools
Additional information on how these two types of fire differ in cause and solutions.
Keeley Jon E. and Alexandra D. Syphard. 2020. Nexus between wildfire, climate change and population growth in California. Fremontia 47(2):18-27.
