Credits for the Encyclopedia of Southern Fire Science
Senior Editor
Ken Outcalt, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA,
Section Editors
Fuels, Weather, and Fire Behavior: Deborah Kennard, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO
Fire Effects: Deborah Kennard, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO
Fire Ecology: Deborah Kennard, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO
Fire & People: Cynthia Fowler, Wofford College, Landrum, SC
Prescribed Fire: Deborah Kennard, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO
Smoke Management: Deborah Kennard, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO
Wildfire: Cynthia Fowler, Wofford College, Landrum, SC
Content Authors
Authorship credits and date of contribution are listed at the bottom of each hypertext page.
Citations to scientific references are embedded throughout the content of the encyclopedia.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Funding is provided by the USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (Grant No. 99-35108-8553), the National Fire Plan, the Joint Fire Sciences Program, and the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station.
We especially wish to acknowledge the enthusiastic support of Dr. Peter J. Roussopoulos, Director of the Southern Research Station in Asheville, NC.
The Encyclopedia of Southern Fire Science (ESFS) was created with the assistance of technicians Ashley Wallsmith and Willandrea Scott (Auburn, AL). We would also like to thank the numerous experts across the South who provided peer-review of content published in the ESFS.
Use of the E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Datatbase (Tall Timbers Research Station) aided authors in content development of the Encyclopedia of Southern Fire Science. Sponsorship of the ESFS has been provided by RWU-4104 "Disturbance and Management of Southern Pine Ecosystems" of the Southern Research Station in Athens, GA.
