Influences of fire occurrence in the Mediterranean

Protected areas, drought, and grazing regimes influence fire occurrence in a fire‑prone Mediterranean region

In this paper, produced by an Advancing Restoration Knowledge project looking at the drivers of wildfire, the BTO used a global database based on the MODIS Fire CCI51 product, and the Greater Côa Valley in Portugal as a case study to investigate the environmental drivers of fire and potential tools for managing fires in a landscape that has undergone changing agricultural and grazing management.

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