Simulating dynamic and mixed-severity fire regimes: A process-based fire extension for LANDIS-II

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3380-3393

  Sturtevant, Brian R ^a   Scheller, Robert M ^b   Miranda, Brian R ^a   Shinneman, Douglas ^a,c   Syphard, Alexandra ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Conservation Biology Institute Corvallis ^*  (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d Northern Research Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Fire disturbance; Fire effects; Fire regime; Labrador; LANDIS II; Mixed conifer forest; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FIRE DISTURBANCE; FIRE EFFECTS; FIRE REGIME; LABRADOR; LANDIS-II; MIXED CONIFER FOREST; SIERRA NEVADA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; FUELS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; ROTATION; SIMULATORS; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; MIXED FOREST; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CLIMATES; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; ROTATION; SOFTWOODS;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 70350465321     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.07.030     Document Type: Article

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