Simulation of historical and current fire regimes in central Saskatchewan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 319-329

  Li, Chao ^a   Barclay, Hugh ^b   Liu, Jianwei ^c   Campbell, Doug ^d  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Forestry Branch   (Canada)

^d Forestry Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire management; Fire regime; Fire suppression simulation; Saskatchewan; SEM LAND model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE PROTECTION; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; PUBLIC POLICY;

FIRE CYCLE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE REGIMES; FOREST POLICY;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE;

FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14744283250     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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