Application of remote sensing and GIS to locate priority intervention areas after wildland fires in Mediterranean systems: A case study from south-eastern Spain

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-252

  Ruiz Gallardo, J Reyes ^a   Castaño, Santiago ^a   Calera, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspect; Erosion; Fire severity; Pinus halepensis; Pinus pinaster; Slope; Yeste

Indexed keywords

PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 10944251765     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF02057     Document Type: Article

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