Post-fire vegetation response as a proxy to quantify the magnitude of burn severity in tropical peatland

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 412-433

  Hoscilo, Agata ^a   Tansey, Kevin J ^a   Page, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FORESTRY; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LANDSAT SENSORS; LANDSCAPE SCALE; MULTIPLE COMPARISON; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; VEGETATION RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

BURNING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST FIRE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LANDSAT; PEATLAND; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BORNEO; DATA PROCESSING; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; INDONESIA; PLANTS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; WETLANDS;

BORNEO; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

EID: 84866443045     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.709328     Document Type: Article

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