Seasonality of vegetation fires as modified by human action: Observing the deviation from eco-climatic fire regimes

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 575-588

  Le Page, Yannick ^a   Oom, Duarte ^b   Silva, João M N ^b   Jönsson, Per ^c   Pereira, José M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic fires; Anticipated delayed fire season; Chandler burning index; Dry season; Fire drivers; Fire season

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; DRY SEASON; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE PLANNING; SEASONALITY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

EID: 77954792009     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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