Human and biophysical influences on fire occurrence in the United States

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 565-582

  Hawbaker, Todd J ^a,e   Radeloff, Volker C ^a   Stewart, Susan I ^b   Hammer, Roger B ^c   Keuler, Nicholas S ^d   Clayton, Murray K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire occurrence; MODIS active fires; Wildfire risk; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; ECOREGION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HOT SPOT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877141692     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1816.1     Document Type: Article

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