Predictive modelling of fire occurrences from different fire spread patterns in Mediterranean landscapes

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 407-418

  Duane, Andrea ^a,b   Piqué, Míriam ^a   Castellnou, Marc ^b   Brotons, Lluís ^a,b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; fire behaviour triangle; global change; MaxEnt; variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929314749     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF14040     Document Type: Article

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