Modelling Mediterranean landscape succession-disturbance dynamics: A landscape fire-succession model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1196-1208

  Millington, James D A ^a   Wainwright, John ^b   Perry, George L W ^c   Romero Calcerrada, Raul ^d   Malamud, Bruce D ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Landscape fire succession model; Mediterranean landscape; Pattern oriented modelling; Succession disturbance dynamics; Wildfire regime

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE FIRE-SUCCESSION MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPE; PATTERN-ORIENTED MODELLING; SUCCESSION-DISTURBANCE DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE REGIME;

AUTOMATA THEORY; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

CALIBRATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67349251284     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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