Current and Future Fire Regimes and Their Influence on Natural Vegetation in Ethiopia

Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 369-386

  van Breugel, P ^a,b   Friis, I ^c   Demissew, Sebsebe ^d   Lillesø, Jens Peter Barnekow ^a   Kindt, Roeland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

climate change; Ethiopia; habitat distribution model; MODIS; natural fire; potential natural vegetation; stable state

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE; MODIS; RESOLUTION; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

ETHIOPIA;

TERMINALIA;

EID: 84947922370     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9938-x     Document Type: Article

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