Spatial patterns of forest fires in Catalonia (NE of Spain) along the period 1975-1995 analysis of vegetation recovery after fire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-74

  Díaz Delgado, Ricardo ^a   Pons, Xavier ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire regime; Landsat MSS; Lineal recession model; NDVI; Regeneration; Time series

Indexed keywords

FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; VEGETATION;

PERIMETERS;

FORESTRY;

FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; MAPPING; REGENERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0035877353     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00434-5     Document Type: Article

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