Spatiotemporal patterns of changes in fire regime and climate: defining the pyroclimates of south-eastern France (Mediterranean Basin)

Climatic Change

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 239-251

  Fréjaville, Thibaut ^a   Curt, Thomas ^a  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIRES; LAND USE;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPRING TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84925515446     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1332-3     Document Type: Article

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