Post-fire effects in wetland environments: Landscape assessment of plant coverage and soil recovery in the paraná river delta marshes, Argentina

Fire Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 17-37

  Salvia, Mercedes ^a   Ceballos, Darío ^b   Grings, Francisco ^a   Karszenbaum, Haydee ^a   Kandus, Patricia ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cyperus giganteus; Fire severity; Fluvial wetlands; Optical remote sensing; Paran River Delta; Post fire recovery; Schoenoplectus californicus; Soil properties; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MARSH; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

ARGENTINA; PARANA DELTA; PARANA RIVER;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS GIGANTEUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 84867166356     PISSN: 19339747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0802017     Document Type: Article

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