Spatial distribution of forest fires in Sierra de Gredos (Central Spain)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-65

  Vázquez, Antonio ^a   Moreno, José M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire mapping; Fire regime; Fire rotation period; Fire size; Landscape structure; Mediterranean region; Pinus pinaster

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FIRES; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS; WOOD;

LANDSCAPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TOPOGRAPHY;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0343026487     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00436-9     Document Type: Article

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