Temporal fire disturbance patterns on a forest landscape

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 137-150

  Li, Chao ^a   Ter Mikaelian, Michael ^a   Perera, Ajith ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance pattern; Fire regime; Landscape structure; Ontario; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FOREST LANDSCAPE; MODELLING;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0030837843     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)01944-8     Document Type: Article

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