Wildfire risk prediction in Southeastern Mississippi using population interaction

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 297-306

  Sadasivuni, R ^a   Cooke, W H ^a   Bhushan, S ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Newton's Gravity model; Spatial interaction; Wildfire potential

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY MODEL; HUMAN ACTIVITY PATTERNS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; INTERACTION PATTERN; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL INTERACTION; WILDFIRE POTENTIAL;

BIODIVERSITY; FUELS;

FIRES;

BIODIVERSITY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; MOTORWAY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; TIMBER; WILDFIRE;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875108258     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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