Spatial Predictions of Human and Natural-Caused Wildfire Likelihood across Montana (USA)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Preparation
2.3. Model Construction and Evaluation
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Version | Cause | Formula | AUC |
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GLM | Natural Human | 0.74 0.73 | |
GAM | Natural Human | 0.77 0.77 | |
Spatial GAM | Natural Human | 0.84 0.89 |
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Jiménez-Ruano, A.; Jolly, W.M.; Freeborn, P.H.; Vega-Nieva, D.J.; Monjarás-Vega, N.A.; Briones-Herrera, C.I.; Rodrigues, M. Spatial Predictions of Human and Natural-Caused Wildfire Likelihood across Montana (USA). Forests 2022, 13, 1200. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081200
Jiménez-Ruano A, Jolly WM, Freeborn PH, Vega-Nieva DJ, Monjarás-Vega NA, Briones-Herrera CI, Rodrigues M. Spatial Predictions of Human and Natural-Caused Wildfire Likelihood across Montana (USA). Forests. 2022; 13(8):1200. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081200
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiménez-Ruano, Adrián, William M. Jolly, Patrick H. Freeborn, Daniel José Vega-Nieva, Norma Angélica Monjarás-Vega, Carlos Iván Briones-Herrera, and Marcos Rodrigues. 2022. "Spatial Predictions of Human and Natural-Caused Wildfire Likelihood across Montana (USA)" Forests 13, no. 8: 1200. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081200