Wildfire selectivity for land cover type: Does size matter?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Barros, Ana M G ^a   Pereira, José M C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FIRE AND FIRE RELATED PHENOMENA; FIRE ECOLOGY; FIRE SELECTIVITY; FIRE SIZE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JACOB INDEX; LAND USE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OAK; PERIMETRY; SCRUB;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; PORTUGAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897983709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084760     Document Type: Article

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