Spatial patterns of modern period human-caused fire occurrence in the Missouri Ozark Highlands

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Yang, Jian ^a   He, Hong S ^a   Shifley, Stephen R ^a   Gustafson, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire occurrence; Human caused fires; Inhomogeneous Poisson process; Spatial point pattern; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

FIRE OCCURRENCE; HUMAN-CAUSED FIRES; INHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; LAND COVER; MISSOURI OZARK HIGHLANDS; SPATIAL POINT PATTERN; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS;

EID: 33847142751     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/53.1.1     Document Type: Article

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