Spatial controls of occurrence and spread of wildfires in the Missouri Ozark highlands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1212-1225

  Yang, Jian ^a   He, Hong S ^a   Shifley, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn probability; Fire risk; LANDIS; Ozark Highlands; Spatial point pattern; USA; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; PROBABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UPLAND REGION; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; PROBABILITY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; MISSOURI; PROBABILITY; TREES;

EID: 55949123589     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0825.1     Document Type: Article

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