Using neutral models to identify constraints on low-severity fire regimes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-152

  McKenzie, Donald ^a   Hessl, Amy E ^b   Kellogg, Lara Karena B ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire regimes; Hazard function; Low severity fire; Neutral models; Ponderosa pine; Stochastic process; Weibull; WMPI

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

EID: 33644837485     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-005-0147-4     Document Type: Article

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