Temporal patterns of ecosystem processes on simulated landscapes in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-329

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Morgan, Penelope ^b   White, Joseph D ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fire modeling; Fire BGC; Forest succession modeling; Landscape pattern; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032797485     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008011916649     Document Type: Article

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