Conditioning uncertainty in ecological models: Assessing the impact of fire management strategies

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-44

  Piñol, Josep ^a   Castellnou, Marc ^a   Beven, Keith J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fire spread; Fire suppression; Fuel accumulation; Mediterranean; Paradox of extinction; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRE RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FIRE SPREAD; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FUEL ACCUMULATION; MEDITERRANEAN; PARADOX OF EXTINCTION; WILDFIRES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547700379     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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