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M. Ortega et al. 2010. Monitoring vulnerability of the Spanish forest l<strong>and</strong>scapes: the SISPARES approach<br />

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near twice over in the second period, mainly caused by the increase in the mean of burnt non<br />

forest areas per year (Table 2).<br />

Per zones, FLV has been higher in northwest of Spain because to a typical complex l<strong>and</strong>scape<br />

structure that provides higher levels of l<strong>and</strong>scape fragility, interspersion of patch types <strong>and</strong><br />

contrast between forest <strong>and</strong> non forest areas (Fig 1a). Lower FLV has been observed in aridity<br />

Figure 1: Monitoring of <strong>Forest</strong> L<strong>and</strong>scape Vulnerability (FLV) in 206 squares of SISPARES approach<br />

along three dates: (a) 1956, (b) 1984 <strong>and</strong> (c) 1998. The point size indicates the value of FLV.<br />

<strong>Forest</strong> <strong>L<strong>and</strong>scapes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Change</strong>-New Frontiers in Management, Conservation <strong>and</strong> Restoration. Proceedings of the IUFRO L<strong>and</strong>scape Ecology<br />

Working Group International Conference, September 21-27, 2010, Bragança, Portugal. J.C. Azevedo, M. Feliciano, J. Castro & M.A. Pinto (eds.)<br />

2010, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.

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