I am pleased to announce the start of a new doctoral thesis by Serge Ungar. The title of his thesis project is:
Fire pattern, landscape and tree cover: application to the Esterel Massif, Provence (Patterns de feux, paysage physique et couvert végétal : application au Massif de l’Esterel)
The thesis aims to test the effect of the physical landscape on fire patterns, which, in turn, would explain vegetation cover. The determinants of fire regime change will be tested by hypothesising that land use and public policies are variables that interact with "natural" variables (landscape structure, climate). We will rely on the development of a terrain model, LiDAR (remote sensing) analyses, and the analysis of forest and climate archives to assess these phenomena (relief, cover, fires, land use, climate) in order to test this hypothesis.
Good luck to Serge, and welcome to LEHNA