Climate, Livestock, and Vegetation: What Drives Fire Increase in the Arid Ecosystems of Southern Russia?

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-562

  Dubinin, Maxim ^a   Luschekina, Anna ^b   Radeloff, Volker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

arid ecosystems; broad scale climate; burning; climate; livestock; socio economic change; Southern Russia

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; LIVESTOCK; NDVI; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

KALMYKIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79955797259     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9427-9     Document Type: Article

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