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Crown Fire Spread

Crown Fire Spread is a fire spread process characterized by the continuous propagation of combustion through the canopy layer of a forest, distinguishing it from surface or ground fire spread by its primary reliance on aerial fuel connectivity and vertical fire transition mechanisms.

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10.8K

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340

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162

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2017–2026

25

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Publications

140

Conditions for the start and spread of crown fire

C. E. Van Wagner · Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 1977 · 1.1K citations

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Fire and Landscape Diversity in Subalpine Forests of Yellowstone National Park

William H. Romme · Ecological Monographs · 1982 · 696 citations

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Landscape dynamics in crown fire ecosystems

Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme · Landscape Ecology · 1994 · 596 citations

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Effects of fire on landscape heterogeneity in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Monica G. Turner, William W. Hargrove, Robert H. Gardner et al. · Journal of Vegetation Science · 1994 · 543 citations · Full text

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Potential climate change impacts on fire intensity and key wildfire suppression thresholds in Canada

B. Mike Wotton, Mike Flannigan, Ginny Marshall · Environmental Research Letters · 2017 · 341 citations · Full text

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Authors

340

  1. ME
    Martin E. Alexander

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    20 publications · 1.6K citations

    19

    h-index

  2. MG
    Miguel G. Cruz

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

    h-index

  3. WH
    William H. Romme

    Colorado State University, United States

    5 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. AD
    Ana Daría Ruiz-González

    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    5 publications · 186 citations

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  5. FC
    Fernando Castedo‐Dorado

    Universidad de León, Spain

    4 publications · 180 citations

    4

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Institutions

162

  1. Canadian Forest Service

    Ottawa, Canada

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Rocky Mountain Research (United States)

    Salt Lake City, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    659 citations

  4. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    849 citations

  5. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    614 citations

  6. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Natural Resources Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    581 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Wildland Fire

    22 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Canadian Journal of Forest Research

    15 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. Forest Ecology and Management

    11 publications · 346 citations

    11

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  4. Forest Science

    6 publications · 263 citations

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  5. Fire

    4 publications · 116 citations

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