Global analysis of influencing forces of fire activity: The threshold relationships between vegetation andb fire

Life Science Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 15-24

  Luo, Ruisen ^a,b   Dong, Yingying ^a   Gan, Muye ^a   Li, Dejun ^b   Niu, Shuli ^b,c   Oliver, Amy ^b   Wang, Ke ^a   Luo, Yiqi ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Fire density; GIS; Global; MODIS; Percent of tree cover; Random forest; Regression tree; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877273911     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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