Spatial pattern and persistence of historical fire boundaries in southern interior British Columbia

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 523-535

  Jordan, Geraldine J ^a,b   Fortin, Marie Josée ^c   Lertzman, Kenneth P ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary; British Columbia; Forest fire; Low severity fire; Moran's I; Natural disturbance; Stein River watershed

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; STEIN RIVER;

PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 55349124606     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-007-0063-7     Document Type: Article

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