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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > ecology > fire ecology > fuel loading

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > ecology > fire ecology > fuel loading

Forestry, Wildland Management > fire science and management > fire ecology > fuel loading

Preferred Term:

fuel loading

Definition:

The quantity of living or dead vegetation that is easily ignited in a given area. Loading is usually expressed in tons per acre.

Concept Schemes:

NALT Full

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URI:

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/123237

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RDF/XMLCreated 2008-05-12, last modified 2019-08-21