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I - PRE-FIRE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT<br />

Figure 3 - Time series for Bosco of Orsara affected by fire: from top to down: (i) NDVI, (ii)<br />

(NDVI-NDVIm), and (iii) NDVIdn trend. Red arrows show time of fire occurrence (2001, and<br />

2005).<br />

3 - Final remark<br />

Results obtained suggest that the satellite MODIS time series provides reliable<br />

informati<strong>on</strong> for the characterizati<strong>on</strong> of vegetati<strong>on</strong> variati<strong>on</strong>s at different<br />

temporal scale: (i) short term to m<strong>on</strong>itor fire susceptibility, (ii) medium<br />

and l<strong>on</strong>g term to assess post fire vegetati<strong>on</strong> recovery.<br />

References<br />

Telesca L., Lasap<strong>on</strong>ara R. and Lanorte A., Intra-annual dynamical persistent<br />

mechanisms in Mediterranean ecosystems revealed SPOT-VEGETATION,<br />

Time Series, Ecological Complexity, 5, 151-156, 2008.

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