A logit model for predicting the daily occurrence of human caused forest fires

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 101-111

  Garcia, C Vega ^a   Woodard, P M ^a   Titus, S J ^a   Adamowicz, W L ^a   Lee, B S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Canada; Fire occurrence; Human caused; Logit model; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971030431     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9950101     Document Type: Article

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