Random location of fuel treatments in wildland community interfaces: A percolation approach

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 164-173

  Bevers, Michael ^a   Omi, Philip N ^b   Hof, John ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; FUELS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAPS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FUEL TREATMENTS; LANDSCAPES;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUEL; LOCATION DECISION; MAPPING;

EID: 1842785396     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-204     Document Type: Article

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