Fire severity modeling of Sagebrush-Steppe Rangelands in southeastern Idaho

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-82

  Weber, Keith T ^a   Seefeldt, Steven S ^b   Norton, Jill M ^c   Finley, Charles ^d  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Blaine County Idaho   (United States)

^d Newmont Gold   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOR; MODELING; PERENNIAL PLANT; RANGELAND; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STEPPE;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 41449094487     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.45.1.68     Document Type: Article

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