Reconstructing spatial vulnerability to forest loss by fire in pre-historic New Zealand

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1029-1041

  Perry, George L W ^a,b   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^c   Mcglone, Matt S ^c   Napier, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boosted regression tree; Fire; Forest loss; M ori; Machine learning methods; New Zealand; Settlement history

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ELEVATION; FIRE HISTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOISTURE; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VULNERABILITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84866155319     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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