Lost in the woods: Forest vegetation, and not topography, most affects the connectivity of mesh radio networks for public safety

Eloise G. Zimbelman; Robert F. Keefe

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0278645

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Lost in the woods: Forest vegetation, and not topography, most affects the connectivity of mesh radio networks for public safety

Eloise G. Zimbelman ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Eloise G. Zimbelman, Robert F. Keefe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eloisez@uidaho.edu

Affiliation Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6859-400X

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Robert F. Keefe

Contributed equally to this work with: Eloise G. Zimbelman, Robert F. Keefe

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America
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Lost in the woods: Forest vegetation, and not topography, most affects the connectivity of mesh radio networks for public safety

Eloise G. Zimbelman,
Robert F. Keefe

Published: December 7, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278645

About the Authors

Eloise G. Zimbelman

Contributed equally to this work with: Eloise G. Zimbelman, Robert F. Keefe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eloisez@uidaho.edu

Affiliation Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6859-400X

Robert F. Keefe

Contributed equally to this work with: Eloise G. Zimbelman, Robert F. Keefe

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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