Predicting spatial patterns of fire on a southern California landscape

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 602-613

  Syphard, Alexandra D ^a   Radeloff, Volker C ^a   Keuler, Nicholas S ^b   Taylor, Robert S ^c   Hawbaker, Todd J ^a   Stewart, Susan I ^d   Clayton, Murray K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire frequency; Fire ignitions; Generalised linear model; Predictive mapping; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849146765     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07087     Document Type: Article

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