Brief communication decreasing fires in a mediterranean region (1970-2010, NE Spain)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 649-652

  Turco, M ^a,b   Llasat, M C ^b   Tudela, A ^c   Castro, X ^c   Provenzale, A ^d  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84875749928     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-649-2013     Document Type: Article

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