A minimal model for forest fire regimes

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 527-539

  Casagrandi, Renato ^a   Rinaldi, Sergio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Chaos; Cycles; Forest fires; Mediterranean forests; Savannas

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; MODEL;

EID: 0032986957     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303194     Document Type: Article

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