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Anderson, H.E.  1982.  Aids to determining fuel models for estimating fire 
     behavior.  USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-122. 22 p.

Andrews, P.L.  1980.  Testing the fires behavior model.  P. 70 in Proc. Sixth 
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Andrews, P.L.  1986.  BEHAVE: Fire behavior predictions and fuel modeling 
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Andrews, P.L., and L.S. Bradshaw.  1990.  RXWINDOW: Defining windows of 
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Blank, R.W., and A.J. Simard.  1983.  An electronic timer for measuring spread 
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Brown, J.K.  1972.  Field test of a rate-of-spread model in slash fuels.  USDA 
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Bushey, C.L.  1985.  Comparison of observed and predicted fire behavior in the 
     sagebrush/bunchgrass vegetation type.  P. 187-201 in Fire management: The
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Catchpole, E.A., W.R. Catchpole, and R.C. Rothermel.  1993.  Fire behavior 
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Grabner, K.G., J.P. Dwyer, and B.E. Cutter.  1997.  Validation of BEHAVE fire 
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Grabner, K.W., J. Dwyer, and B. Cutter.  1999.  Using BEHAVE as a prescribed 
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Guyette, R.P., B. Cutter, and D. Dey.  1993.  An overview of fire history in 
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Hough, W.A., and F.A. Albini.  1978.  Predicting fire behavior in Palmetto-
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McApline, R.S., and G. Xanthopoulos.  1989.  Predicted vs observed fire spread 
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McCarty, K.  1993.  Restoration in Missouri savannas.  In Proc. Midwest Oak 
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Nelson, P.W.  1985.  The terrestrial natural communities of Missouri.  Missouri 
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Norum, R.A.  1982.  Predicting wildfire behavior in black spruce forests in 
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Nuzzo, V.A.  1986.  Extent and status of midwest oak savanna: Pre-settlement 
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Reynolds, M.R., Jr.  1984.  Estimating the error in model predictions.  For. 
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Rothermel, R.C.  1972.  A mathematical model for predicting fire spread in 
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Simard, A.J., D.A. Haines, R.W. Blank, and J.S. Frost.  1983.  The Mack Lake 
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Smith, E.P., and K.A. Rose.  1995.  Model goodness-of-fit analysis regression 
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Sneeuwjagt, R.J., and W.H. Frandsen.  1977.  Behavior of experimental grass 
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Stanton, R.  1993.  An introduction to the use of computer generated fire 
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United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management.  1999.  Lowden 
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United States Department of Interior.  2000.  Bandelier National Monument 
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van Wilgan, B.W., and A.J. Wills.  1988.  Fire behavior prediction in savanna 
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Wilson, R.A.  1990.  Reexamination of Rothermel's fire spread equations in no-
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