Water balance and topography predict fire and forest structure patterns

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 338, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-13

  Kane, Van R ^a   Lutz, James A ^b   Alina Cansler, C ^a   Povak, Nicholas A ^c   Churchill, Derek J ^a   Smith, Douglas F ^d   Kane, Jonathan T ^a   North, Malcolm P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d Yosemite National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest structure; LiDAR; Mixed severity fire; Random forests; RdNBR burn severity; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION TREES; FORESTRY; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; OPTICAL RADAR; SOLAR RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

BURN SEVERITY; FOREST STRUCTURE; MIXED SEVERITY; RANDOM FORESTS; WATER BALANCE;

FIRES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; LIDAR; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAND STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER BUDGET;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; IMAGES; SATELLITES; STRUCTURES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84949117476     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.038     Document Type: Article

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