Comparing effects of fire modeling methods on simulated fire patterns and succession: A case study in the Missouri Ozarks

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1290-1302

  Yang, Jian ^a   He, Hong S ^a   Sturtevant, Brian R ^b   Miranda, Brian R ^b   Gustafson, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SOLVENTS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; VEGETATION;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; BURNED AREAS; BURNED PATCHES; CASE STUDIES; DYNAMIC PERCOLATION; FACTORIAL DESIGNS; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE MODELLING; FIRE REGIMES; FIRE SIZE; FIRE SPREAD SIMULATION; FOREST LANDSCAPES; FOREST SUCCESSION; LONG TERM; MISSOURI; OZARK HIGHLANDS; POISSON; SHAPE COMPLEXITY; SHORT TERM; SIMULATED FIRE; SIMULATION METHODS; TEMPORAL CHANGES; TRAVEL TIME; TREATMENT EFFECTS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FIRES;

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIRE; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE; MODELING; PATCH SIZE; SUCCESSION;

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMICS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; SIMULATION; SOLVENTS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749155162     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-235     Document Type: Article

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