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Assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the WAP Complex of protected areas (West Africa)

The conversion of natural biotopes into human managed environments has major ecological effects both in terms of loss of habitat and of alteration of landscapes’ spatial configuration (Forman, 1997). Monitoring land-cover changes in natural habitats is thus of primary importance for conservation. In...

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Autores Principales:	Clerici, Nicola, Grégoire, Jean-Marie, Hugh, E
Formato:	Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:	Inglés (English)
Publicado:	Landscape Ecology 2005
Materias:	Conversion Natural biotopes Loss of habitat Natural habitats
Acceso en línea:	https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28407

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spelling	ir-10336-284072021-11-22T00:48:40Z Assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the WAP Complex of protected areas (West Africa) Evaluar modificaciones en las características de las áreas quemadas para monitorear los cambios en el uso de la tierra y la fragmentación del paisaje alrededor del Complejo de áreas protegidas WAP (África Occidental) Clerici, Nicola Grégoire, Jean-Marie Hugh, E Conversion Natural biotopes Loss of habitat Natural habitats The conversion of natural biotopes into human managed environments has major ecological effects both in terms of loss of habitat and of alteration of landscapes’ spatial configuration (Forman, 1997). Monitoring land-cover changes in natural habitats is thus of primary importance for conservation. In sub-Saharan Africa fires are widespread and accompany the process of management and modification of the land (Grégoire, 1996. Clerici et al., 2004). Fires are used as a tool to clear vegetation, to induce re-sprouting for pasture, to facilitate crop fields’ preparation and for hunting purposes. The fragmentation of natural habitats due to land-cover change processes influences in turn the extension of fires and their distribution, creating discontinuities in the previous more homogeneous vegetation strata; there is therefore a feedback chain where fires accompany the landscape fragmentation process and changes in fragmentation modify the geometric characteristics and distribution of burned areas. 2005-11-14 2020-08-28T15:48:08Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28407 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Landscape Ecology Landscape Ecology: Pattern and Process: What is the Present State of Knowledge?
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language	Inglés (English)
topic	Conversion Natural biotopes Loss of habitat Natural habitats
spellingShingle	Conversion Natural biotopes Loss of habitat Natural habitats Clerici, Nicola Grégoire, Jean-Marie Hugh, E Assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the WAP Complex of protected areas (West Africa)
description	The conversion of natural biotopes into human managed environments has major ecological effects both in terms of loss of habitat and of alteration of landscapes’ spatial configuration (Forman, 1997). Monitoring land-cover changes in natural habitats is thus of primary importance for conservation. In sub-Saharan Africa fires are widespread and accompany the process of management and modification of the land (Grégoire, 1996. Clerici et al., 2004). Fires are used as a tool to clear vegetation, to induce re-sprouting for pasture, to facilitate crop fields’ preparation and for hunting purposes. The fragmentation of natural habitats due to land-cover change processes influences in turn the extension of fires and their distribution, creating discontinuities in the previous more homogeneous vegetation strata; there is therefore a feedback chain where fires accompany the landscape fragmentation process and changes in fragmentation modify the geometric characteristics and distribution of burned areas.
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author	Clerici, Nicola Grégoire, Jean-Marie Hugh, E
author_facet	Clerici, Nicola Grégoire, Jean-Marie Hugh, E
author_sort	Clerici, Nicola
title	Assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the WAP Complex of protected areas (West Africa)
title_short	Assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the WAP Complex of protected areas (West Africa)
title_full	Assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the WAP Complex of protected areas (West Africa)
title_fullStr	Assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the WAP Complex of protected areas (West Africa)
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the WAP Complex of protected areas (West Africa)
title_sort	assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the wap complex of protected areas (west africa)
publisher	Landscape Ecology
publishDate	2005
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Assessing modifications in burned areas characteristics to monitor land-use changes and landscape fragmentation around the WAP Complex of protected areas (West Africa)

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