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Geomatics, Natural Hazards & RiskThe grasslands of the southern Andes are critical ecosystems for the rural population, but they have been significantly affected by fires. While fire ignitions are anthropogenic, their occurrence and spread are shaped by climatic, vegetational, and ...
Ivon Gutierrez-Flores +4 more
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BiologyThe Orinoquía region of Colombia includes diverse ecosystems such as riparian forests and seasonal savannas, which play vital roles as biodiversity reservoirs.
Carlos Julián Moreno-Fonseca +3 more
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iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2016 This study proposes and evaluates a relatively new concept for fire occurrence zoning based on documented historical fire records. The proposed method creates continuous kernel density surfaces based on wildland fire ignition observations.
Koutsias N +5 more
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Using Multilayer Perceptron to Predict Forest Fires in Jiangxi Province, Southeast China
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2022 The forest fire occurrence prediction model is a very useful tool for preventing and extinguishing forest fires. The determination of forest fire drivers is important for establishing a high-precision forest fire prediction model.
Keke Gao, Zhongke Feng, Shan Wang
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Characteristics of Spatiotemporal Changes in the Occurrence of Forest Fires
Remote Sensing, 2021 The purpose of this study is to understand the characteristics of the spatial distribution of forest fire occurrences with the local indicators of temporal burstiness in Korea.
Taehee Kim, Suyeon Hwang, Jinmu Choi
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Development of a Fire Risk Model to Identify Areas of Increased Potential for Fire Occurrences [PDF]
Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2016 The purposes of this study were to use geographic information systems to create a cartographic risk model predicting areas of increased potential for fire occurrences and to validate the model. Seven literature-identified risk factors associated with burn injury were older than 65 years, non-white race, below high school education, low socioeconomic ...
Carlee, Lehna +4 more
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FireClimate change is widely recognized as a significant contributor to both wildfire initiation and spread, conditions such as high temperatures and prolonged droughts facilitating the rapid ignition and propagation of fires.
Octavio Toy-Opazo +6 more
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Short Spatiotemporal Fire History Explains the Occurrence of Beetles Favoured by Fire
InsectsThe number and area of forest fires in northern Europe have been dramatically reduced during the past century, and several fire-favoured species are now threatened. To promote the recovery of these species, prescribed burning is often used as a conservation measure, and to optimise the use of these conservation burns, knowledge is needed on suitable ...
Per Milberg +6 more
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Accounting for fuel in fire danger forecasts: the fire occurrence probability index (FOPI)
Environmental Research Letters, 2023 Abstract A new fire danger index is proposed to overcome one of the most important limitations of current fire danger metrics. The fire occurrence probability index (FOPI) combines the Canadian fire weather index (FWI) with remote observations of vegetation characteristics to better predict landscape flammability. The FOPI is designed to
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Fire, 2023 Fire strongly impacts the composition and structure of ecosystems, with consequences yet to be understood. We used Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data to map fire frequency and fire intensity and investigate their effects on miombo
Victorino Américo Buramuge +4 more
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