Fire frequency and size distribution under natural conditions: A new hypothesis

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 533-542

  Li, Chao ^a   Corns, Ian G W ^a   Yang, Richard C ^a  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire frequency; Fire model; Fire size; Fire size distribution; Natural fire regime

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

EID: 0032822142     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008116926563     Document Type: Article

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