Spatially varying constraints of human-caused fire occurrence in British Columbia, Canada

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 219-229

  Camp, Philip E ^a   Krawchuk, Meg A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeoclimatic zones; human caused ignitions; multiple regression; wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015165696     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF16108     Document Type: Article

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