Size-dependent pattern of wilfire ignitions in Portugal: when do ignitions turn into big fires ?

Not all wildfire ignitions result in burned areas of a similar size. The aim of this study was to explore whether there was a size-dependent pattern (in terms of resulting burned area) of fire ignitions in Portugal. For that purpose we characterised 71,618 fire ignitions occurring in the country in...

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Main Author: Moreira, Francisco (author)
Other Authors: Catry, Filipe (author), Rego, Francisco Castro (author), Bacao, Fernando (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
fire
land cover
accessibility
population density
landscape management
Portugal
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4242
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/4242

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4242

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