Changes and interactions between forest landscape connectivity and burnt area in Spain

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-138

  Martín Martín, Carmen ^a   Bunce, Robert G H ^b,c   Saura, Santiago ^a   Elena Rosselló, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conefor Sensinode; Ecological connectivity; Farm intensiveness; Landscape dynamics; Rural population density; Sispares; Spatial pattern indicators; Wildfire occurrence

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FIRES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONEFOR-SENSINODE; ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITIES; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SISPARES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WILDFIRE OCCURRENCE;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIOMASS; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

AIR CRAFT; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRES; PHOTOGRAPHS; SPAIN;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84895070420     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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