Driving factors for forest fire occurrence in Durango State of Mexico: A geospatial perspective

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 491-497

  Avila Flores, Diana ^a   Pompa Garcia, Marin ^b   Antonio Nemiga, Xanat ^c   Rodriguez Trejo, Dante A ^a   Vargas Perez, Eduardo ^a   Santillan Perez, Javier ^a  

^a Dept of Agricultural Engineering University of Chapingo   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Durango state; Forest fire; Forest management; Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR); Land use; Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867537391     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-010-0437-x     Document Type: Article

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