An evaluation of spatial and temporal patterns of lightning- and human-caused forest fires in Alberta, Canada, 1980-2007

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1059-1072

  Wang, Yonghe ^a   Anderson, Kerry R ^a  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta Wildfire Management Areas; K function; kernel estimation; spatial intensity; spatial point patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650283206     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09085     Document Type: Article

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