Fuel age, weather and burn probability in Portugal

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-384

  Fernandes, Paulo M ^a,b   Loureiro, Carlos ^a,b   Magalhes, Marco ^b   Ferreira, Pedro ^b   Fernandes, Manuel ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

fire frequency analysis; fire regimes; Mediterranean type ecosystems; shrubland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862981180     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10063     Document Type: Article

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