Wildfires as a major driver of landscape dynamics in three fire-prone areas of Portugal

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-358

  Silva, Joaquim S ^a   Vaz, Pedro ^a   Moreira, Francisco ^a   Catry, Filipe ^a   Rego, Francisco C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Land abandonment; Landscape changes; Portugal; Transition matrices; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY;

EXOTIC SPECIES; LAND ABANDONMENTS; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; PORTUGAL; TRANSITION MATRICES; WILDFIRES;

FIRES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; MARKOV CHAIN; MIXED FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUBLAND; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILDFIRE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 79956262490     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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