A comparative analysis of spatial, temporal, and ecological characteristics of forest fires in seasonally dry tropical ecosystems in the Western Ghats, India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-617

  Kodandapani, Narendran ^a   Cochrane, Mark A ^b   Sukumar, R ^c  

^a Grays Harbor College   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Ecological; Forest fires; India; Spatial; Temporal; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; CURING; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; DRYING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

(SPM) CLASSES; BURNT AREAS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS FORESTS; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY; FIRE EFFECTS; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE REGIMES; FIRE SIZE; FOREST FIRES; HIGH-FREQUENCY (HF); HOT SPOTTING; HOT-SPOTS; HUMAN DENSITY; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; LOW FREQUENCY (LF); METRICS (CO); REGENERATION (RENOVATING); REMOTE SENSING (RS) DATA; SAPLING DENSITIES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TREE DENSITY; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION TYPES;

FIRES;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; FOREST FIRE; GIS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SAPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIODIVERSITY; CURING; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SAPLINGS; TROPICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 46849101504     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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