Human influences on wildfire in alaska from 1988 through 2005: An analysis of the spatial patterns of human impacts

Earth Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Calef, M P ^a   McGuire, A D ^b   Chapin III, F S ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Fire; Prediction model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; PROBABILITY; RIVERS;

BOREAL ECOSYSTEMS; BOREAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; BOREAL FORESTS; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; FIRE PREDICTION MODELS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; PREDICTION MODEL; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FIRES;

EID: 45849142020     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007EI220.1     Document Type: Article

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