Using a stochastic model and cross-scale analysis to evaluate controls on historical low-severity fire regimes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1561-1573

  Kennedy, Maureen C ^a   McKenzie, Donald ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire history; Neutral model; S rensen distance; Scaling; Top down vs. bottom up controls

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FIRE HISTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TOPOGRAPHY; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 78049280144     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9527-5     Document Type: Article

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