Exploring the relationships between post-fire vegetation regeneration dynamics, topography and burn severity: A case study from the Montane Cordillera Ecozones of Western Canada

Applied Geography

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 232-248

  Ireland, Gareth ^a   Petropoulos, George P ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Canada; Landsat; Post fire vegetation regeneration; Remote sensing; Topography

Indexed keywords

EOS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MONTANE FOREST; NDVI; REGENERATION; REGROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; OKANAGAN MOUNTAIN PARK;

EID: 84919931931     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.016     Document Type: Article

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