Wildfire ignition-distribution modelling: A comparative study in the Huron-Manistee National Forest, Michigan, USA

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-183

  Bar Massada, Avi ^a   Syphard, Alexandra D ^b   Stewart, Susan I ^c   Radeloff, Volker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

GLM; Maxent; Random Forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875442374     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF11178     Document Type: Article

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