Remote sensing of fire regimes in semi-arid Nusa Tenggara Timur, eastern Indonesia: Current patterns, future prospects

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-317

  Fisher, Rohan ^a,b   Bobanuba, Wilfrida E ^c   Rawambaku, Agus ^c   Hill, Greg J E ^b,d   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^a,e  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Daerah ^*  (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^e Bushfires NT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extent; Fire mapping; Frequency; Livelihoods; Management; Patch size; Policy; Savanna; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748425870     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05083     Document Type: Article

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