Litter, fire frequency, and risk in Ozark forests

Ownerships included state lands, national forest lands, and state and county parks. Fuels data were collected at plots located along transects that crossed multiple topographic positions. Transects were randomly placed in public ownerships within the study region utilizing a random point generator and ESRI® ArcGIS™ v 9.1 (ESRI 2005) (Fig. 1). ................
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