
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Chou, YH 
T1  - Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis and Weighting Functions in the Distribution of Wildland Fires
JF  - International Journal of Wildland Fire
JO  - Int. J. Wildland Fire
Y1  - 1992
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
SP  - 169
EP  - 176
KW  - Spatial autocorrelation; Weighting functions; Wildland fires
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9920169 
N2  - Spatial autocorrelation and spatial weighting functions are examined in relation to the distribution of wildland fires. Records of fire activity and vegetation for the Idyllwild 15-minute quadrangle of the San Jacinto Mountains, San Bernardino National Forest, California, are processed in a geographic information system to generate six spatial weighting functions: contiguity, area, boundary length, distance, area-distance combined, and boundary-distance combined. The weighted coefficients and significance tests show that contiguity best represents the spatial relationship in the distribution of wildand fires. Distance introduces a scaling effect which enhances the magnitude of Moran's I coefficient of spatial autocorrelation. 
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