Remotely-sensed active fire data for protected area management: Eight-year patterns in the Manas National Park, India

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 414-423

  Takahata, Chihiro ^a   Amin, Rajan ^b   Sarma, Pranjit ^c   Banerjee, Gitanjali ^b   Oliver, William ^d   Fa, John E ^a,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Samanwoy Path Survey   (India)

^d IUCN/SSC Wild Pigs Specialist Group   (United Kingdom)

^e DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fires; FIRMS; Grasslands; Protected areas; Remote sensing; Terai

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIRES; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; BURNT AREAS; DRY SEASONS; FIRE CONCENTRATION; FIRE DETECTION; FIRMS; GRASSLANDS; KERNEL DENSITY; NATIONAL PARKS; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREAS; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; PARKS; REMOTE SENSING;

FIRES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; GIS; GRASSLAND; MODIS; NATIONAL PARK; PARK MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; INDIA; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ASSAM; INDIA; MANAS NATIONAL PARK;

ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDIA; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 77951894279     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9411-8     Document Type: Article

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