Short communication. Characterization of wildland-urban interfaces for fire prevention in the province of Valencia (Spain)

Forest Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-254

  Madrigal, J ^a   Ruiz, J A ^b   Planelles, R ^c   Hernando, C ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c EIMFOR SL ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Housing density; PLS (Partial Least Squares) model; Vegetation aggregation; WUImap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880956596     PISSN: 21715068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/fs/2013222-03985     Document Type: Article

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