Integrating knowledge for simulating vegetation change at landscape scales

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-108

  Chew, Jimmie D ^a   Stalling, Christine ^a   Moeller, Kirk ^a  

^a USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance processes; Insect outbreaks; Landscape models; Simulation models; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION;

DISTURBANCE PROCESSES; INSECT OUTBREAKS; LANDSCAPE MODELS; VEGETATION PATTERNS; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INSECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; SIMULATION;

INSECTA;

EID: 2942717022     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/19.2.102     Document Type: Article

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