Predicting the number of daily human-caused bushfires to assist suppression planning in south-west Western Australia

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 520-531

  Plucinski, M P ^a,b   Mccaw, W L ^c   Gould, J S ^a,b   Wotton, B M ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c Department of Parks and Wildlife ^*  (Australia)

^d GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

accidental ignitions; deliberate ignitions; fuel moisture; negative binomial regression; wildfire occurrence.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902004573     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF13090     Document Type: Article

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