Using simulated historical time series to prioritize fuel treatments on landscapes across the United States: The LANDFIRE prototype project

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 485-502

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Rollins, Matthew ^a   Zhu, Zhi Liang ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire management; Fire regimes; Historical range and variation; Integrated ecological modeling; LANDFIRE; Landscape modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE REGIMES; FUEL TREATMENTS; INTEGRATED ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE MODELING;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FUEL; HISTORICAL TIME (HUMAN HISTORY); LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DATA;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PREVENTION; FORESTRY; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247540407     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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