Burning issues: Statistical analyses of global fire data to inform assessments of environmental change

Environmetrics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 472-481

  Krawchuka, M A ^a   Moritzb, M A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire activity; Fire regime; Global climate change; Impact and vulnerability; Pyrogeography; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

BURNING; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PUBLIC ACCESS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE;

EID: 85027919647     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.2287     Document Type: Article

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