Evaluating the ecological benefits of wildfire by integrating fire and ecosystem simulation models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1162-1172

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Karau, Eva ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire effects; Fire severity; Historical range and variability; Landscape modeling; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; FIELD DATA; FIRE EFFECT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGERS; FIRE SEVERITY; GIS LAYERS; HISTORICAL DATA; HISTORICAL RANGE AND VARIABILITY; LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE MODELING; LANDSCAPE SIMULATION; OPERATIONAL TOOLS; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION PLATFORM; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; SOFTWARE TOOL; SPATIAL DATABASE; VEGETATION COMPOSITION; WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FUEL; GIS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDFIRE;

EID: 77349101850     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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