Pastoral wildfires in the Mediterranean: Understanding their linkages to land cover patterns in managed landscapes

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-50

  Ruiz Mirazo, Jabier ^a   Martínez Fernández, Jesús ^b   Vega García, Cristina ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CORINE land cover; Fragstats; Landscape structure; Livestock grazing; Neural networks; Rangeland regeneration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FIRES; IGNITION; PARKS;

CORINE LAND COVER; FRAGSTATS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE METRIC; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; NEURAL-NETWORKS; RANGELAND REGENERATION; WILDFIRE IGNITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAZING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIVESTOCK; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; RANGELAND; REGENERATION; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FIRE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; RANGELAND;

ANDALUCIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84855782289     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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