How fire interacts with habitat loss and fragmentation

DA Driscoll, D Armenteras, AF Bennett… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity faces many threats and these can interact to produce outcomes that may not be
predicted by considering their effects in isolation. Habitat loss and fragmentation (hereafter …

Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 based Forest fire burn area mapping using machine learning algorithms on GEE cloud platform over Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya

S Bar, BR Parida, AC Pandey - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The accurate quantitative and qualitative estimation of burn-area are crucial to analyze the
impact of fire on forest. The medium resolution optical-satellite imagery of Landsat-8 and …

A review of forest fire and policy response for resilient adaptation under changing climate in the Eastern Himalayan region

SW Wang, CH Lim, WK Lee - Forest Science and Technology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This review paper presents the extent and magnitude of forest fires and adaptation
responses to deepen our understanding of the dynamics of forest fires in the eastern …

Forest fire susceptibility mapping with sensitivity and uncertainty analysis using machine learning and deep learning algorithms

M Rihan, AA Bindajam, S Talukdar, MW Naikoo… - Advances in Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the hilly region of the Western Himalayas, forest fires play a crucial role in forest
destruction and biodiversity loss. Therefore, addressing the problem of forest fires is an …

Assessing the vulnerability of socio-environmental systems to climate change along an altitude gradient in the Indian Himalayas

AK Gupta, M Negi, S Nandy, JM Alatalo, V Singh… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change is affecting biotic and abiotic components of the Himalayan ecosystem,
disturbing existing socio-ecological systems. Future changes in the climate, coupled with …

Investigation of forest fire activity changes over the central India domain using satellite observations during 2001–2020

M Jain, P Saxena, S Sharma, S Sonwani - GeoHealth, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recurrent and large forest fires negatively impact ecosystem, air quality, and human health.
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer fire product is used to identify forest fires …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of forest fire frequency on floristic diversity in the forests of Uttarakhand, western Himalaya

H Bargali, LPP Calderon, RC Sundriyal… - Trees, Forests and People, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Uttarakhand State of India is rich in forest wealth with 45.4% forest cover (India
State of Forest Report (2021). However, forest cover may change due to a number of …

Spatio-temporal characterization of landscape fire in relation to anthropogenic activity and climatic variability over the Western Himalaya, India

S Bar, BR Parida, G Roberts, AC Pandey… - GIScience & Remote …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The frequent occurrence of a forest fire can be detrimental to the functioning of ecologically
fragile regions such as the Western Himalaya. This study assesses the spatio-temporal …

Integrated spatial analysis of forest fire susceptibility in the Indian western himalayas (IWH) using remote sensing and GIS-based fuzzy AHP approach

Pragya, M Kumar, A Tiwari, SI Majid, S Bhadwal… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forest fires have significant impacts on economies, cultures, and ecologies worldwide.
Developing predictive models for forest fire probability is crucial for preventing and …

Modeling and prediction of fire occurrences along an elevational gradient in Western Himalayas

S Bar, BR Parida, AC Pandey, BU Shankar, P Kumar… - Applied geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Forest fires are the result of complex interactions among human, geographic and weather
conditions. Climate change would alter the link between forest fire and the controlling …