Regional-scale spatial patterns of fire in relation to rainfall gradients in sub-tropical mountains, NW Argentina

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-146

  Grau, Héctor Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Lab Invest Ecologicas las Yungas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andean ecosystems; Climatic gradient; Correspondence analysis; Disturbance regime fire; Landsat TM; NW argentina; Remote sensing; sub tropical mountains

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FIRE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0035007496     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822x.2001.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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