Wildfire hotspots forecasting and mapping for environmental monitoring based on the Long Short-Term Memory Networks Deep Learning Algorithm

EA Kadir, HT Kung, AA AlMansour, H Irie, SL Rosa… - Environments, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global warming is raising the earth's temperature, and resulting in increased forest fire
events, especially in tropical regions with locations that are at high risk of wild and forest …

A historical perspective of landscape and human population dynamics in Guimarães (Northern Portugal): Possible implications of rural fire risk in a changing …

LJR Nunes, MAM Raposo, CJ Pinto Gomes - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
The occupation of a territory combines a set of variables which affect the development of the
mode by which populations have been organized throughout history. How this occupation …

Climate change and dispersion dynamics of the invasive plant species Chromolaena odorata and Lantana camara in parts of the central and eastern India

J Sharma, R Singh, S Garai, SM Rahaman… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lantana camara and Chromolaena odorata are categorized as the most obnoxious invasive
flora globally. Their ability to combat the regeneration and proliferation of neighbouring flora …

How do invasive predators and their native prey respond to prescribed fire?

DJ Watchorn, TS Doherty, BA Wilson… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fire shapes animal communities by altering resource availability and species interactions,
including between predators and prey. In Australia, there is particular concern that two …

Evaluation of Species Invasiveness: A Case Study with Acacia dealbata Link. on the Slopes of Cabeça (Seia-Portugal)

MAM Raposo, CJ Pinto Gomes, LJR Nunes - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
One of the main causes of biodiversity loss in the world is the uncontrolled expansion of
invasive plants. According to the edaphoclimatic conditions of each region, plants acquire …

Transaction cost theory: A case study in the biomass-to-energy sector

MF Dias, AC Silva, LJR Nunes - Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The objective of the present study is, firstly, to identify the types
of transaction costs that can be found for a company from the biomass to energy sector. The …

Selective shrub management to preserve Mediterranean forests and reduce the risk of fire: The case of mainland Portugal

MAM Raposo, CJP Gomes, LJR Nunes - Fire, 2020 - mdpi.com
The recurrent rural fires that occur annually in Portugal have reached great proportions due
to a lack of effective landscape management. Attempts to solve this problem led to the legal …

Short-term Macrochloa tenacissima response understory Pinus halepensis Mill forest after early prescribed burns in a semi-arid landscape

Á Fajardo-Cantos, E Peña-Molina… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change has led to altered fire patterns in the Mediterranean basin due to rising
temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions, diminishing the resilience of forest …

Prunus lusitanica L.: An Endangered Plant Species Relict in the Central Region of Mainland Portugal

MAM Raposo, LJR Nunes, R Quinto-Canas, S del Río… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Prunus lusitanica L. is a paleotropical relic species with an Ibero-Maghrebian distribution,
which is presently considered as an endangered species, recognized by the Natura 2000 …

Characterization of Cytisus striatus (Hill) Rothm.: Waste Biomass Energy Recovery as a Measure to Reduce the Risk of Rural Fires

LJR Nunes - Recycling, 2021 - mdpi.com
Shrub species play a critical ecological role in ecosystems, covering significant areas.
However, with the current development of vegetation cover, conditioned by climate change …