Global forest area disturbance from fire, insect pests, diseases and severe weather events

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 352, Issue , 2015, Pages 78-88

  van Lierop, Pieter ^a   Lindquist, Erik ^a   Sathyapala, Shiroma ^a   Franceschini, Gianluca ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fire; Forest disturbances; Insect pests; Partial canopy cover reduction; Weather events

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CANOPY COVER; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENTS; INSECT PEST; SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS; STRONG CORRELATION; WEATHER EVENTS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INSECT; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST SPECIES; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION; DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; PESTS; WEATHER;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84941091164     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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