Predicting the impact of fire on a vulnerable multi-species community using a dynamic vegetation model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 301, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-39

  Conlisk, Erin ^a   Syphard, Alexandra D ^b   Franklin, Janet ^c   Regan, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Management; Simulation; Southern California; Transition matrix; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; RATS; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DYNAMIC VEGETATION MODEL; MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS; MULTI-SPECIES COMMUNITIES; SIMULATION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; TRANSITION MATRICES; WILDLIFE;

FIRES;

EID: 84925506962     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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