Geographic information systems as a new tool and methodology proposed for modeling mammal/helminth postfire regeneration. The example of Parc Natural de la Serra Calderona (Comunitat Valenciana, Spain)
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2007
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As part of a multidisciplinary project on the dynamics of postfire recolonization concerning small mammals (insectivores and rodents) in Serra Calderona Natural Park (Valencian Country, Spain) and the use of their helminth parasites as biological tags in the postfire regeneration process, the fundamentals and the preliminary results of a Geographic Information System (GIS) are presented. This GIS aims to fill the knowledge gap regarding the process of the population dynamics of small mammals and their helminth parasites in the burnt area using climatic and remote sensing data. Moreover, this GIS project constitutes the basis of future programmes capable of delivering a complete model of the postfire recovery process, both at small mammal and at helminth level, the mammal/helminth model. The GIS project is created using the data from the multidisciplinary database which includes data on hosts and their helminths parasites, climate data, remote sensing data originating from satellite images etc. corresponding to the postfire years. A complete analysis carried out at various levels using the data from various layers of the GIS project make it possible to model the postfire regeneration process.