Landscape change and fire hazard in a mountainous area in northeastern Portugal.

Human abandonment in Mediterranean regions of Europe has led to vegetation encroachment and landscape homogenization reducing biodiversity and favoring the occurrence of wild fires. In Portugal, landscape changes driven by human abandonment were not observed until the late twentieth century. The ful...

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Main Author: Moreira, César (author)
Other Authors: Castro, João Paulo (author), Loureiro, Carlos (author), Azevedo, João (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/3769
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/3769