Modeling climate-fire connections within the great basin and upper Colorado River Basin, Western United States

Fire Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 64-75

  Arnold, James D ^a   Brewer, Simon C ^a   Dennison, Philip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Fire; Great Basin; MaxEnt; Upper Colorado River; Western US

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAND MANAGEMENT; MODEL TEST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904434324     PISSN: 19339747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.1002064     Document Type: Article

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