Fires in northwestern Patagonia: Their relationship with meteorological conditions and anthropic pressure over a 20 years period;Los incendios en el noroeste de la Patagonia: Su relación con las condiciones meteorológicas y la presión antrópica a lo largo de 20 años

Ecologia Austral

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-167

  de Torres Curth, Mónica I ^a   Ghermandi, Luciana ^a   Pfister, Gabriela ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Burned area; Forest; Number of fires; Precipitation; Steppe; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BURNING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LA NINA; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55049088798     PISSN: 03275477     EISSN: 1667782X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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