Modelling and mapping dynamic variability in large fire probability in the lower Sonoran Desert of south-western Arizona

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1108-1118

  Gray, Miranda E ^a   Dickson, Brett G ^a,b   Zachmann, Luke J ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Conservation Science Partners Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

desert fire management; fire cycle; generalised linear mixed model; invasive plant; multi model inference; NDVI.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916236659     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF13115     Document Type: Article

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