Bottom-Up Variables Govern Large-Fire Size in Portugal

Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1362-1375

  Fernandes, Paulo M ^a   Monteiro Henriques, Tiago ^a,b   Guiomar, Nuno ^c   Loureiro, Carlos ^a   Barros, Ana M G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extreme fires; fire management; fire regime; fire weather; land management; landscape structure; Mediterranean Basin; pyrodiversity

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CONNECTIVITY; FIRE HISTORY; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION TYPE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84975299193     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-0010-2     Document Type: Article

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