Essays about: "Vegetation fires"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 essays containing the words Vegetation fires.

  1. 1. Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery Monitoring using MODIS Time Series: A Case Study in California

    University essay from KTH/Geoinformatik

    Author : Julia Edje; [2023]
    Keywords : vegetation recovery; MODIS; HRT; EVI; fire; burn severity; land cover; climate zone; California;

    Abstract : Human-caused forest fires have increased in magnitude and frequency, affecting global vegetation and requiring a re-evaluation of fire regimes. Changing fire regimes have led to reduced burned areas in fire- dependent ecosystems and increased areas in fire-independent ecosystems, resulting in changes in land cover and posing a threat to native plant communities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Effects of soil factors on pioneer bryophyte species composition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologi

    Author : Dora Mijić; [2023]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Bryophytes play a significant role in various ecological processes, including soil succession and colonization after disturbances. Although they are commonly believed to take up nutrients from soil solutions rather than the soil itself, the influence of soil on their growth and distribution is evident from previous studies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Climate, Conflict, and Fire: Examining Correlations and Fire Indicators in Manisa and Diyarbakir, Turkey

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Christina Elena Albus; [2023]
    Keywords : Geopolitics; Vegetation fires; Armed conflict; Earth observation; Kurdistan; PKK; Turkey; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate issues are currently of attention in various contexts as changing climate factors affect us in many ways. One of these effects is the influence on the probability and frequency of fires, although other factors, especially anthropogenic ones, also play a role. READ MORE

  5. 4. Evaluation of the effect of conflict on fire and GPP in Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Lilith Kastens; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate Change; Armed Conflict; Fire; GPP; Remote Sensing; Russia-Ukraine War; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The war in Ukraine in 2022 has caused environmental damages on different scales which come with their own challenges. One of the factors that can cause environmental damage is vegetation fire. READ MORE

  6. 5. Influence of forest mires on wildfire : a landscape analysis of the 2014 Västmanland forest fire

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Andreas Souropetsis; [2022]
    Keywords : Forest fire; Mires fuel composition; Aerial photo interpretation;

    Abstract : Forest fire is a major natural disturbance that influence forest ecosystem structure and composition at both the stand and landscape level. In boreal Fennoscandia fire frequency has been very low over the last c.150 years due to effective fire suppression, although occasionally high-intensity fires escape initial attack and grow big. READ MORE