Biophysical and anthropogenic controls of forest fires in the Deccan Plateau, India

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Prasad, V Krishna ^a   Badarinath, K V S ^b   Eaturu, Anuradha ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical and anthropogenic variables; Deccan Plateau; Fires; India; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DATA;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL POPULATION; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ASIA; DECCAN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35648956301     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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