A stochastic fire spread model for north Patagonia based on fire occurrence maps

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 300, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-80

  Morales, Juan Manuel ^a   Mermoz, Mónica ^b   Gowda, Juan Haridas ^a   Kitzberger, Thomas ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Parques Nacionales de Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Approximate bayesian computation; Nothofagus; Patagonia; Stochastic fire spread

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN; AVERAGE WIND DIRECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE SPREAD; NOTHOFAGUS; PATAGONIA; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; SIMULATION BASED APPROACHES;

FIRES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FIRE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSCAPE; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION;

FOREST FIRES; MAPS; MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ARGENTINA; NAHUEL HUAPI NATIONAL PARK; PATAGONIA;

NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 84921470677     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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