Changes in wildfire severity from maritime pine woodland to contiguous forest types in the mountains of northwestern Portugal

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 883-892

  Fernandes, Paulo M ^a,b   Luz, Ana ^b   Loureiro, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Deciduous and evergreen broadleaved forest; Fire ecology; Fuel; Mediterranean forest; Short needled conifer forest

Indexed keywords

BROADLEAVED; CLASSIFICATION TREES; CONIFER FORESTS; COVER TYPES; DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN BROADLEAVED FOREST; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; EVERGREEN FORESTS; FIRE DANGER; FIRE INTENSITY; FIRE PROPAGATION; FIRE SEVERITY; FIRE SPREAD; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST TYPE; MARITIME PINES; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; PORTUGAL; TREE CANOPY; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION; WILDFIRE SEVERITY; WILDLAND FIRE;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY; FUELS; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUEL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; TOPOGRAPHY; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FUELS; HAZARDS; MEDITERRANEAN; PLANTS; PORTUGAL;

PORTUGAL;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 77954954977     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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