Table 7 Average recovery times reported in previous studies that used satellite indices to describe post-fire vegetation recovery. NDVI = Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDSWIR = Normalized Difference Shortwave Infrared Index, EVI = Enhanced Vegetation Index, VRI = Vegetation Recovery Index, BRR = Burn Recovery Ratio, NPP = Net Primary Productivity (derived from NDVI and Simple Ratio [SR])
Authors | Year | Vegetation type | Location | Index | Reported mean recovery time (yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Viedma et al. | 1997 | Mediterranean | Spain | NDVI | 1 to 18 |
Hicke et al. | 2003 | Boreal | Canada | NPP | 9 |
Epting and Verbyla | 2005 | Boreal | Alaska, USA | NDVI, NBR | 8 to 14 |
Idris et al. | 2005 | Tropical, temperate forest | Borneo, China | NDVI | 1 to 4 |
Hope et al. | 2007 | Chaparral | California, USA | NDVI | 10 |
Wittenberg et al. | 2007 | Mediterranean | Israel | EVI | 3 |
Cuevas-González et al. | 2009 | Boreal | Siberia, Russia | NDVI, NDSWIR | 13 |
Gouveia et al. | 2010 | Pinus L., Eucalyptus L’Hér | Portugal | NDVI | 3 to 5 |
Jin et al. | 2012 | Boreal | Canada | EVI | 5 to 8 |
Fernandez-Manso et al. | 2016 | Pinus | Spain | VRI | 7 to 20 |
Pickell et al. | 2016 | Boreal | Canada | NBR | 5.6 |
Chompuchan and Lin | 2017 | Pinus | Taiwan | BRR | 20 to 30 |
White et al. | 2017 | Boreal | Canada | NBR | Variable |
Yang et al. | 2017 | Boreal | Norht America | NDVI | >10 |
Frazier et al. | 2018 | Boreal | Canada | NBR | Variable |
Hislop et al. | 2018 | Sclerophyll | SE Australia | NBR | 8 to 10 |