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Spatial Simulation of Fire Regime in Mediterranean-Climate Landscapes

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The Role of Fire in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 107))

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The kind of fire history that characterizes an area can be termed its fire regime, the elements of which are fire type and intensity, size, return interval, and spatial pattern. Fire regime plays a major role in determining regional patterns of species distributions, vegetation patterns and fluxes of matter and energy (Kilgore 1981; Johnson 1979; Knight 1987).

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  1. Departamento de Ecología Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    José M. Moreno

  2. Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA

    Walter C. Oechel

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Davis, F.W., Burrows, D.A. (1994). Spatial Simulation of Fire Regime in Mediterranean-Climate Landscapes. In: Moreno, J.M., Oechel, W.C. (eds) The Role of Fire in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 107. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8395-6_7

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