
%0 Journal Article
%A Ratz, A 
%T Long-Term Spatial Patterns Created by Fire: a Model Oriented Towards Boreal Forests
%J International Journal of Wildland Fire
%D 1995/03/01
%V 5
%N 1
%P 25-34
%K Fire; Spatial pattern; Boreal forests; Simulation model
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9950025
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WF9950025 
%X Fire is one of the most important factors structuring boreal forests. A spatial simulation model based on a cellular automata approach was built to obtain insights into the spatial pattern of successional stages. Two scenarios are compared: 1. constant flammability and 2. flammability increasing during succession. Spatial structure strongly depends on the specific form of age-dependent flammability. The fine structure of single fires generated by the model is analyzed by five different measures and is in agreement with empirical evidence. 
