Effects of fire size and frequency and habitat heterogeneity on forest age distribution

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 207-220

  Barclay, Hugh J ^a   Li, Chao ^b   Hawkes, Brad ^a   Benson, Laura ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Fire; Fire cycle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FIRE; FIRE CYCLE;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT; HETEROGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SIZE EFFECT; TREE;

FORESTRY; IGNITION; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33746095403     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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