Nikos Koutsias

Biographic Data

ID	2785637
NAME	Nikos Koutsias
GIVEN NAMES	Nikos
FAMILY NAME	Koutsias
SIGNATURE	KOUTSIAS N
AFFILIATIONS	University of Ioannina
ORCID	0000-0001-8898-9957
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	6
TOTAL CITATIONS	8
WORKS AS AUTHOR	6
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2019
H-INDEX	2

Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions
Open AccessFrancisco Moreira, Davide Ascoli et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2019
During the last decades, climate and land use changes led to an increased prevalence of megafires in Mediterranean-type climate regions (MCRs). Here, we argue that current wildfire management policies in MCRs are destined to fail. Focused on fire suppression, these policies largely ignore ongoing climate warming and landscape-scale buildup of fuels. The result is a ‘firefighting trap’ that contributes to ongoing fuel accumulation precluding suppr…
Fire occurrence zones
Open AccessNikos Koutsias, Panagiotis Balatsos et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maps2014
The focus of our study was to create a Main Map of fire occurrence zones from historical wildland fire ignition observations at national level in Greece using a Kernel Density estimation procedure. Kernel density estimation, a non parametric statistical method for estimating probability densities, has been widely used for home range estimation in wildlife ecology. It has the advantage of directly producing density estimates that are not influence…
Maps of fire occurrence – spatially explicit reconstruction of recent fire history using satellite remote sensing
Open AccessMagdalini Pleniou, Fotios Xystrakis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maps2012
Maps depicting the spatially explicit fire history of an area, including variables such as fire frequency and fire return interval, are important tools promoting the understanding of processes associated with wildfires (fire ignition and spread), the assessment of the impacts of wildland fires on landscape dynamics, and decisions on appropriate management practices. Remote sensing is a cost- and time-effective alternative to automatically assess …
Modelling the eco-cultural niche of giant chestnut trees
Open AccessPeter Krebs, Patrik Krebs et al.ARTICLEJournal of Historical Geography2012Cited by: 5
Landscape – wildfire interactions in southern Europe
Open AccessFrancisco Moreira, Olga Viedma et al.ARTICLEJournal of Environmental Management2011
Multivariate analysis of landscape wildfire dynamics in a Mediterranean ecosystem of Greece
Open AccessKostas D Kalabokidis, Kostas Kalabokidis et al.ARTICLEArea2007Cited by: 3References: 25
This paper focuses on spatial distribution of long‐term fire patterns versus physical and anthropogenic elements of the environment that determine wildfire dynamics in Greece. Logistic regression and correspondence analysis were applied in a spatial database that had been developed and managed within a Geographic Information System. Cartographic fire data were statistically correlated with basic physical and human geography factors (geomorphology…

Multivariate analysis of landscape wildfire dynamics in a Mediterranean ecosystem of Greece
Open AccessKostas D Kalabokidis, Kostas Kalabokidis et al.ARTICLEArea2007Cited by: 3References: 25
This paper focuses on spatial distribution of long‐term fire patterns versus physical and anthropogenic elements of the environment that determine wildfire dynamics in Greece. Logistic regression and correspondence analysis were applied in a spatial database that had been developed and managed within a Geographic Information System. Cartographic fire data were statistically correlated with basic physical and human geography factors (geomorphology…
Landscape – wildfire interactions in southern Europe
Open AccessFrancisco Moreira, Olga Viedma et al.ARTICLEJournal of Environmental Management2011
Maps of fire occurrence – spatially explicit reconstruction of recent fire history using satellite remote sensing
Open AccessMagdalini Pleniou, Fotios Xystrakis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maps2012
Maps depicting the spatially explicit fire history of an area, including variables such as fire frequency and fire return interval, are important tools promoting the understanding of processes associated with wildfires (fire ignition and spread), the assessment of the impacts of wildland fires on landscape dynamics, and decisions on appropriate management practices. Remote sensing is a cost- and time-effective alternative to automatically assess …
Modelling the eco-cultural niche of giant chestnut trees
Open AccessPeter Krebs, Patrik Krebs et al.ARTICLEJournal of Historical Geography2012Cited by: 5
Fire occurrence zones
Open AccessNikos Koutsias, Panagiotis Balatsos et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maps2014
The focus of our study was to create a Main Map of fire occurrence zones from historical wildland fire ignition observations at national level in Greece using a Kernel Density estimation procedure. Kernel density estimation, a non parametric statistical method for estimating probability densities, has been widely used for home range estimation in wildlife ecology. It has the advantage of directly producing density estimates that are not influence…
Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions
Open AccessFrancisco Moreira, Davide Ascoli et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2019
During the last decades, climate and land use changes led to an increased prevalence of megafires in Mediterranean-type climate regions (MCRs). Here, we argue that current wildfire management policies in MCRs are destined to fail. Focused on fire suppression, these policies largely ignore ongoing climate warming and landscape-scale buildup of fuels. The result is a ‘firefighting trap’ that contributes to ongoing fuel accumulation precluding suppr…