Size-dependent pattern of wildfire ignitions in Portugal: When do ignitions turn into big fires?

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1405-1417

  Moreira, Francisco ^a   Catry, Filipe X ^a   Rego, Francisco ^a   Bacao, Fernando ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Fire; Land cover; Landscape management; Population density

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOGISTICS; PARISH REGISTER; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUBLAND; SIZE STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 77956885938     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9491-0     Document Type: Article

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