Gamma generalized linear model to investigate the effects of climate variables on the area burned by forest fire in northeast China

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• 作者：Futao Guo ; Guangyu Wang ; John L. Innes ; Xiangqing Ma…
• 关键词：Lightning ; caused fire ; Human ; caused fire ; Multiple linear regression ; Log ; linear model ; Daxing’an mountains
• 刊名：Journal of Forestry Research
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：26
• 期：3
• 页码：545-555
• 全文大小：1,106 KB
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• 作者单位：Futao Guo (1)
  Guangyu Wang (2)
  John L. Innes (2)
  Xiangqing Ma (1)
  Long Sun (3)
  Haiqing Hu (3)
  
  1. Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
  2. Sustainable Forest Management Laboratory, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
  3. Faculty of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, China
  
• 刊物主题：Forestry;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1993-0607

文摘

The purpose of this study was to determine a suitable model for investigating the effects of climate factors on the area burned by forest fire in the Tahe forest region, Daxing’an Mountains, in northeast China. The response variables were the area burned by lightning-caused fire, human-caused fire, and total burned area. The predictor variables were nine climate variables collected from the local weather station. Three regression models were utilized, including multiple linear regression, log-linear model (log-transformation on both response and predictor variables), and gamma-generalized linear model. The goodness-of-fit of the models were compared based on model fitting statistics such as R2, AIC, and RMSE. The results revealed that the gamma-generalized linear model was generally superior to both multiple linear regression model and log-linear model for fitting the fire data. Further, the best models were selected based on the criteria that the climate variables were statistically significant at α?=?0.05. The gamma best models indicated that maximum wind speed, precipitation, and days that rainfall greater than 0.1?mm had significant impacts on the area burned by the lightning-caused fire, while the mean temperature and minimum relative humidity were the main drivers of the burned area caused by human activities. Overall, the total burned area by forest fire was significantly influenced by days that rainfall greater than 0.1?mm and minimum relative humidity, indicating that the moisture condition of forest stands determine the burned area by forest fire.