The role of fire as a long-term landscape modifier: Evidence from long-term fire observations (1922–2000) in Greece

Applied Geography

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 47-55

  Stamou, Zoi ^a   Xystrakis, Fotios ^a   Koutsias, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fire selectivity; Greece; Land use land cover change; Mediterranean; Monte Carlo randomization; Wildland fires

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WILDFIRE;

AETOLIA AND ACARNANIA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; WESTERN GREECE;

EID: 84978796121     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.07.005     Document Type: Article

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