NOAA-AVHRR and GIS-Based Monitoring of Fire Activity in Senegal — a Provisional Methodology and Potential Applications
1990; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/978-3-642-75395-4_17
ISSN2196-971X
AutoresPeter Frederiksen, Sindre Langaas, Modou Mbaye,
Tópico(s)African Botany and Ecology Studies
ResumoBushfires have been defined as uncontrolled fire occurring in the rural landscape (Cheney 1981). They occur in the three major ecological zones of Senegal; the Sahelian, Sudanian, and Guinean zones of northern, central and southern Senegal respectively, and mainly in pastoral ecosystems. Almost all are set intentionally or accidentally by the local population during the dry season (Fall 1986; UNSO 1982) as a result of badly quenched campfires, cigarettes or matches, or due to fires lit to enrichen and renew grazing lands, clear paths, hunt ground squirrels by smoking them out of their holes, kill/drive away insects and pests such as blister and millet beetles and grasshoppers, exploit the forest, or to clear the land prior to ploughing.
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