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Assessment of the recurrence interval of wildfires in mainland Portugal and the identification of affected LUC patterns
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Wildfires are responsible for major land use and land cover (LUC) changes. These events are
frequent and catastrophic in Portugal and are responsible for great damage and loss of
human life. In this study, a map to assess the probability of wildfire occurrence (PWO) in
mainland Portugal was created for the period 1975-2017 (first half of 2017). The PWO was
obtained by the superimposition of all layers by adding all the burned areas for the total
period. It was observed that the occurrences and extent of the burned areas are highly
variable from year to year. The PWO map was cross-referenced with LUC geoinformation to
evaluate the LUC types that were more affected by the wildfires. The results presented and
the PWO maps are important for the management and planning of forest areas and for the
creation of guidelines to implement preventive and reactive actions in case of wildfires.
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Wildfires Occurrence probability Return interval LUC patterns Mainland Portugal
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Citação
Meneses, Bruno M., Reis, Eusébio, & Reis, Rui. (2018). Assessment of the recurrence interval of wildfires in mainland Portugal and the identification of affected LUC patterns. Journal of Maps, 14(2), 282-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1454351.
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Taylor & Francis