Quantifying the human influence on fire ignition across the western USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2388-2399

  Fusco, Emily J ^a   Abatzoglou, John T ^b   Balch, Jennifer K ^c   Finn, John T ^a   Bradley, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic; fire; ignition; lightning; MCD45A1; MODIS; remote sensing; western USA

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; ECOREGION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LAND USE CHANGE; MODIS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; ROAD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85000916407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eap.1395     Document Type: Article

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