Exploratory modeling of forest disturbance scenarios in central Oregon using computational experiments in GIS

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-403

  Pennington, Deana D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational experiments; Exploratory modeling; Natural range of variability; Scenarios; Uncertainty; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE HISTORY; FORESTRY MODELING; GIS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36349026995     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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