The impact of uncertainty concerning historical burned area estimates on forest management planning

Forest Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 578-588

  Savage, David ^a   Wotton, B Mike ^b   Martell, David L ^a   Woolford, Douglas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burn fraction; Exponential distribution; Forest ecosystem management; Linear programming; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AREA BURNED; BURN FRACTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION;

EID: 84886713138     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.11-081     Document Type: Article

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