Effect of repeated fires on land-cover change on peatland in southern Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, from 1973 to 2005

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 578-588

  Hoscilo, Agata ^a   Page, Susan E ^a   Tansey, Kevin J ^a   Rieley, John O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

burned area detection; carbon loss; deforestation; Mega Rice Project; peat swamp forest; remote sensing; tropical peatland

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 79959536422     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10029     Document Type: Article

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