A spatiotemporal Ripley's K-function to analyze interactions between spruce budworm and fire in British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3112-3119

  Lynch, Heather J ^a   Moorcroft, Paul R ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CASE STUDIES; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FIRE RISKS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST PESTS; INSECT INFESTATIONS; POINT PROCESSES; SPACE AND TIMES; SPATIAL STATISTICS; SPATIO TEMPORALS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; SPRUCE BUDWORMS; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

FIRES;

CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FIRE; MOTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; FIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS; HEXAPODA; PICEA;

EID: 57849168509     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-143     Document Type: Article

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