Delineating a managed fire regime and exploring its relationship to the natural fire regime in East Central Florida, USA: A remote sensing and GIS approach

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-145

  Duncan, Brean W ^a,b   Shao, Guofan ^c   Adrian, Frederic W ^d  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire regime; Florida; GIS; Remote sensing; Southeastern United States

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ANALYSIS; DROUGHT INDICES; FIRE REGIME; FIRE SCARS; FLORIDA; FLORIDA , USA; GIS; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE TIME-SERIES; KENNEDY SPACE CENTERS; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL FIRES; RE GROWTHS; REGIONAL INFORMATIONS; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

DROUGHT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE PLATFORMS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FIRES;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; GIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NATIVE SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349110818     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.053     Document Type: Article

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