Spatially Heterogeneous Multi-Scale Response of Landscapes to Fire Suppression

Large natural disturbances produce a patchy structure in landscapes. External changes, such as climatic change or the intentional suppression of disturbances, may alter this structure. Species sensitive to this structure may thus experience changes in available habitat, but species use the landscape at different spatial scales. I used a GIS-based spatial model to simulate the long-term effects of fire suppression on landscape structure in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Minnesota, USA