Simulating fire frequency and urban growth in southern California coastal shrublands, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-445

  Syphard, Alexandra D ^a,b,d   Clarke, Keith C ^b   Franklin, Janet ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Coastal sage scrub; Exotic grass; Fire; LANDIS; Landscape model; Model coupling; Urban growth model; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

CHAPARRAL; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HABITAT LOSS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 33847333285     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-9025-y     Document Type: Article

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