Modelling the effect of spatial scale and correlated fire disturbances on forest age distribution

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 145-164

  Boychuk, Dennis ^a   Perera, Ajith H ^b   Ter Mikaelian, Michael T ^b   Martell, David L ^c   Li, Chao ^b  

^a MacLellan Boychuk and Assoc Inc   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Exponential; Fire disturbance; Landscape

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FOREST; MODELLING;

EID: 0030620052     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)00042-7     Document Type: Article

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