The recurrence interval of forest fires in Cabeço da Vaca (Cabreira Mountain-northwest of Portugal)

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-221

  Ferreira Leite, Flora ^a   Bento Gonçalves, António ^a   Vieira, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cabe o da Vaca; Fire; Portugal; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY POLICY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; FOREST; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PORTUGAL; SOIL; TREES;

BRAGA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; VIEIRA DO MINHO;

EID: 79451475899     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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