Modeling temporal changes in human-caused wildfires in Mediterranean Europe based on Land Use-Land Cover interfaces

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 378, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-78

  Vilar, Lara ^a   Camia, Andrea ^b   San Miguel Ayanz, Jesús ^b   Martín, M Pilar ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Generalized Additive Models; LULC interfaces; Mediterranean Europe; Socio economic changes; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FIRES; LAND USE;

FIRE OCCURRENCES; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND USE/ LAND COVERS; MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; TEMPORAL CHANGE; WILDFIRE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WILDFIRE;

FRANCE; ITALY; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84989966083     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.07.020     Document Type: Article

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