Crown fire behavior characteristics and prediction in conifer forests: a state-of-knowledge synthesis

3 Background and purpose 4 Study description and location 6 Key findings 10 Management implications 11 Relationship to other recent findings and ongoing work on this topic 18 Future work needed 20 Deliverables 21 Book chapters 22 Special issue of Fire Management Today 22 Journal articles 22 Conference papers and technical journal notices 23 Software 25 Workshop 25 Other contributions 25 Project websites 26 Acknowledgment 26 Literature Cited 26 Appendix 1: Outline for Special Issue of Fire Management Today 36 Appendix 2: Workshop Agenda 37 Cover photo: Crowning associated with the Jackpine Fire in the Willmore Wilderness Park, Alberta, Canada, at 4:29 pm MDT on July 4, 2006. Photo by Emile Desnoyers, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.

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