Does fire regime affect both temporal patterns and drivers of vegetation recovery in a resilient Mediterranean landscape? A remote sensing approach at two observation levels

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 666-679

  Lozano, F Javier ^a   Surez Seoane, Susana ^a   De Luis Calabuig, Estanislao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

fire recurrence; land management; Landsat; patch dynamics; spectral index.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866430400     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10072     Document Type: Article

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