What drives forest fire in Fujian, China? Evidence from logistic regression and Random Forests

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 505-519

  Guo, Futao ^a   Wang, Guangyu ^a,b   Su, Zhangwen ^a   Liang, Huiling ^a   Wang, Wenhui ^a   Lin, Fangfang ^a   Liu, Aiqin ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate factors; driving factors; forest fire prediction; prediction accuracy; wildfire ignition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968918944     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF15121     Document Type: Article

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