Simulating historical landscape dynamics using the landscape fire succession model LANDSUM version 4.0

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 171 RMRS-GTR, 2006, Pages 1-76

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Holsinger, Lisa M ^b   Pratt, Sarah D ^a,c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Fire Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical range and variation (HRV); Landscape fire ecology; Landscape modeling; LANDSUM; Simulation modeling; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FIRE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; SUCCESSION;

EID: 34247360811     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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