The FIRE PARADOX project: Towards science-based fire management in Europe

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2177-2178

  Fernandes, Paulo M ^a,b   Rego, Francisco C ^c   Rigolot, Eric ^d  

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

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

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

Europe; Fire ecology; Fire management

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 79955906895     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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