Linking fire ignitions hotspots and fuel phenology: The importance of being seasonal

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 82, Issue , 2017, Pages 433-440

  Bajocco, Sofia ^a   Koutsias, Nikos ^b   Ricotta, Carlo ^c  

^a Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fire seasonality; Kernel density estimator; Mediterranean; NDVI; Wildfires hotspots

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; FUELS; IGNITION;

HOTSPOTS; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATORS; MEDITERRANEAN; NDVI; SEASONALITY;

FIRES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FUEL; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SARDINIA;

EID: 85025112421     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.07.027     Document Type: Article

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