Modeling mechanisms of vegetation change due to fire in a semi-arid ecosystem

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 214, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 181-200

  White, Joseph D ^a   Gutzwiller, Kevin J ^a   Barrow, Wylie C ^b   Randall, Lori Johnson ^b   Swint, Pamela ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Bend National Park; Climate change; Disturbance; Fire; Modeling; Physiological processes; SEM LAND model; Semi arid; Shrub encroachment

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SEM-LAND MODEL; SHRUB ENCROACHMENT;

VEGETATION;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS;

EID: 43049161140     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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