Forest fires in the insular Caribbean

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 528-534

  Robbins, A Marcus J ^a   Eckelmann, Claus Martin ^b   Quiñones, Maya ^c  

^a Hastings ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MODIS; MONTANE FOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WILDFIRE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 59049093298     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-37.7.528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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