TY - DATA T1 - The effects of fire in Ponderosa pine forests: some examples of mathematics in forest ecology PY - 2014/08/03 AU - Jessica Coyle UR - https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/The_effects_of_fire_in_Ponderosa_pine_forests_some_examples_of_mathematics_in_forest_ecology/1125780 DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.1125780.v1 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/1619748 KW - fire KW - Ponderosa pine KW - Spatial Pattern KW - individual-based model KW - simulation KW - java KW - Ecology N2 - This talk was presented on 4/3/2008 to the Mathematics Department at Colorado College in fulfillment of the requirement for graduating with distinction in mathematics. It describes a spatially-explicit individual-based simulation model of tree growth in a Ponderosa pine forest. The model was used to explore how fire frequency and intensity altered spatial patterning and size structure of trees. ER -