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Competition between resprouting chaparral and the recruits of a serotinous conifer following stand-replacing fire

Trees, Forests and People
In western North America, fire regimes are shifting towards more frequent, larger, and more severe wildfire. There is concern that this will shift the vegetation type in many areas, especially on the lower, drier slopes.
D.F. Greene, S.T. Lindley, J.M. Kane
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Characterization of wildland-urban interfaces for fire prevention in the province of Valencia (Spain)

Forest Systems, 2013
Aim of study. The present study is the first attempt to characterize and map wildland-urban interfaces (WUIs) in eastern Spain (province of Valencia) and its relationship with wildfire occurrence. Area of study. The study area is located in eastern Spain
J. Madrigal Olmo, J.A. Ruiz, R. Planelles, C. Hernando   +3 more
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Effects of post-fire logging on forest surface air temperatures in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon, USA [PDF]

, 2010
Following stand-replacing wildfire, post-fire (salvage) logging of fire-killed trees is a widely implemented management practice in many forest types. A common hypothesis is that removal of fire-killed trees increases surface temperatures due to loss of ...
Campbell, J.L., Donato, D.C., Fontaine, J.B., Law, B.E., Martin, J.G.   +4 more
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Investigation of Air Foam and Heptafluoropropane Foam Fire Extinguishment for Storage Tanks Containing Low-Boiling-Point Flammable Liquids

Fire
Due to the high saturated vapor pressure of low-boiling-point flammable liquids, it is difficult to make fire extinguishers for storage tanks containing them. Air foam extinguishing technology has been recommended by several standards.
Youquan Bao, Lu Wang, Huiqiang Zhi, Shichang Lu, Junyang Wang, Xia Du, Yiliang Huang, Kanghui Xu, Qiyang Shu, Xiaopo Wang   +9 more
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METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION (BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE AUTHORITIES OF THE STATE FIRE SUPERVISION EMERCOM OF RUSSIA)

Модели, системы, сети в экономике, технике, природе и обществе, 2022
Background. With the introduction of the updated regulatory legal documents regulating the procedures for the implementation of supervisory activities and preventive work, inquiries on fire cases, licensing and the provision of services in the field of
A.A. Poroshin, V.I. Iskalin, V.A. Sorokin, E.V. Kozyrev   +3 more
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On the key role of droughts in the dynamics of summer fires in Mediterranean Europe [PDF]

, 2017
Summer fires frequently rage across Mediterranean Europe, often intensified by high temperatures and droughts. According to the state-of-the-art regional fire risk projections, in forthcoming decades climate effects are expected to become stronger and ...
AghaKouchak, Amir, Hardenberg, Jost von, Llasat, Maria C., Provenzale, Antonello, Trigo, Ricardo M., Turco, Marco   +5 more
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Demographic viability of populations of \u3cem\u3eSilene regis\u3c/em\u3e in midwestern prairies: relationships with fire management, genetic variation, geographic location, population size and isolation [PDF]

, 1998
We studied the demographic viability of populations of a long-lived iteroparous prairie perennial, Silene regia, in relation to management regimes, population sizes, geographical region (Ohio and Indiana vs.
Dolan, Rebecca W., Menges, Eric S.
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Pre and post fire carbon dynamics in a Florida Scrub oak [PDF]

, 2010
Scrub oak is a xeromorphic shrub ecosystem discontinuously distributed in coastal and inland Florida. It supports a high biodiversity which includes a large number of endangered and threatened species.
C. Ross Hinkle, Cassondra Thomas, Jiahong Li, Rosvel Bracho, Rosvel Bracho, Thomas Powell   +5 more
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Estimating the Surface Fuel Load of the Plant Physiognomy of the Cerrado Grassland Using Landsat 8 OLI Products

Remote Sensing, 2023
Techniques and tools meant to aid fire management activities in the Cerrado, such as accurately determining the fuel load and composition spatially and temporally, are pretty scarce.
Micael Moreira Santos, Antonio Carlos Batista, Eduardo Henrique Rezende, Allan Deyvid Pereira Da Silva, Jader Nunes Cachoeira, Gil Rodrigues Dos Santos, Daniela Biondi, Marcos Giongo   +7 more
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Pre-European fire regimes in Australian ecosystems [PDF]

, 2008
We use multiple lines of evidence, including palaeo-environmental, ecological, historical, anthropological and archaeological, to investigate pre-European fire regimes in Australia, with particular focus on the extent to which the use of fire by ...
Enright, N.J., Thomas, I.
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