Predicting sustained fire spread in tasmanian native grasslands

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-440

  Leonard, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification tree; Fire behavior; Fire modeling; Grassfires; Ignition thresholds; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MODELING; GRASSFIRES; IGNITION THRESHOLDS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION;

DISASTERS; FUELS; LOGISTICS; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FIRES;

FUEL;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; MOISTURE CONTENT; PREDICTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FIRE; GRASSLAND; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WEATHER;

ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POACEAE; TASMANIA; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 68849132201     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9340-6     Document Type: Article

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