Modelling fire-return interval T: Stochasticity and censoring in the two-parameter Weibull model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-102

  Polakow, Daniel A ^a   Dunne, Timothy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Censoring; Disturbance; Fire frequency; Simulation modelling; Stochasticity; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE;

EID: 0033198056     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00074-5     Document Type: Article

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