Statistical methods for estimating historical fire frequency from multiple fire-scar data

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2306-2313

  Reed, William J ^a   Johnson, Edward A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FIRE INTERVALS; FIRE-SCAR DATA; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES;

FIRE HAZARDS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRE HISTORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATION; ERRORS; FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 14844300197     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-110     Document Type: Article

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