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The analysis of fire size distribution reveals that a high number of fire events evolve to large and extremely large wildfires under favorable wildfire conditions, confirming the reported trend of an increasing fire-severity in recent years. Furthermore, under such conditions wildfires affect to a higher degree areas at high altitudes, threatening the existence of ecologically significant ecosystems. Finally, recent socioeconomic changes and land abandonment has resulted in the encroachment of former agricultural areas of limited productivity by shrubs and trees, resulting both in increased fuel availability and continuity, and subsequently increased burnability.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s130811146","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,8,21]],"date-time":"2013-08-21T12:49:13Z","timestamp":1377089353000},"page":"11146-11166","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["National Scale Operational Mapping of Burnt Areas as a Tool for the Better Understanding of Contemporary Wildfire Patterns and Regimes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Charalampos","family":"Kontoes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing,  National Observatory of Athens, Metaxa & Vassileos Pavlou Str, Palea Pendeli, Athens GR 152 36, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9040-8653","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Iphigenia","family":"Keramitsoglou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing,  National Observatory of Athens, Metaxa & Vassileos Pavlou Str, Palea Pendeli, Athens GR 152 36, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ioannis","family":"Papoutsis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing,  National Observatory of Athens, Metaxa & Vassileos Pavlou Str, Palea Pendeli, Athens GR 152 36, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nicolas","family":"Sifakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing,  National Observatory of Athens, Metaxa & Vassileos Pavlou Str, Palea Pendeli, Athens GR 152 36, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Panteleimon","family":"Xofis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Forestry Directorate of Drama, Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace,  Ag. 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