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Emergent relationships with respect to burned area in global satellite observations and fire-enabled vegetation models [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2019
Recent climate changes have increased fire-prone weather conditions in many regions and have likely affected fire occurrence, which might impact ecosystem functioning, biogeochemical cycles, and society.
M. Forkel, N. Andela, S. P. Harrison, G. Lasslop, M. van Marle, E. Chuvieco, W. Dorigo, M. Forrest, S. Hantson, A. Heil, F. Li, J. Melton, S. Sitch, C. Yue, A. Arneth   +14 more
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Evaluation of Sediment Connectivity Indices to Improve the Prediction of the Spatiotemporal Variability of Sediment Yield for a Large River Basin (Wei River, China)

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sediment connectivity between source areas and the main streams or local sinks is a complex and dynamic process, especially in large basins due to multiple heterogeneities and interactions between connectivity components. Sediment connectivity indices are promising tools to investigate sediment transport, especially in data‐scarce or large ...
Zhenni Wu, Jantiene E. M. Baartman, João Pedro Nunes, Manuel López‐Vicente   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking crown fire likelihood with post-fire spectral variability in Mediterranean fire-prone ecosystems

International Journal of Wildland Fire
Background Fire behaviour assessments of past wildfire events have major implications for anticipating post-fire ecosystem responses and fuel treatments to mitigate extreme fire behaviour of subsequent wildfires.
Fernández Guisuraga, José Manuel, Calvo, Leonor, Quintano Pastor, María del Carmen, Fernández Manso, Alfonso, Fernandes, Paulo   +4 more
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Wildfires' Cost for Societal Welfare: Economic Evaluation of Forestry Ecosystem Services Losses in Southern Italy

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forest ecosystem services (ESs) are garnering increasing public attention as awareness grows regarding society's fundamental dependence on them for well‐being. Forest fires, one of the major disturbances of ESs, are becoming more frequent and destructive, exacerbated in part by climate change.
Emanuele Spada, Giacomo Falcone, Salvatore Praticò, Maria Carmela Benedetto, Giovanni Gulisano, Nathalie Iofrida, Anna Irene De Luca   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wildfires will intensify in the wildland-urban interface under near-term warming

Communications Earth & Environment
Dangerous fire weather is increasing under climate change, but there is limited knowledge of how this will affect fire intensity, a critical determinant of the socioecological effects of wildfire.
Calum X. Cunningham, John T. Abatzoglou, Todd M. Ellis, Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman   +4 more
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Heat shock and plant leachates regulate seed germination of the endangered carnivorous plant Drosophyllum lusitanicum [PDF]

Web Ecology, 2018
In fire-prone ecosystems, many plant species have specialized mechanisms of seed dormancy that ensure a successful recruitment after fire. A well-documented mechanism is the germination stimulated by fire-related cues, such as heat shock and smoke ...
S. Gómez-González, S. Gómez-González, M. Paniw, M. Paniw, K. Antunes, F. Ojeda   +5 more
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The Recovery of Mediterranean Soils After Post-Fire Management: The Role of Biocrusts and Soil Microbial Communities

Spanish Journal of Soil Science, 2023
Although Mediterranean ecosystems are adapted to fire disturbances, soils are prone to degradation. Therefore, post-fire forest management is a critical step for ecosystem recovery: it can either reduce soil degradation or add a new disturbance.
Minerva García-Carmona, Fuensanta García-Orenes, Victoria Arcenegui, Jorge Mataix-Solera   +3 more
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Spatiotemporal Fire Patterns and Post‐fire Forest Change in Peru (2000–2021)

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire is increasingly more frequent and severe in many tropical regions, leading to significant forest loss, diminished biodiversity, and reduced Nature's contributions to people (NCPs). In this study, we analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of fire in Peru and its regions, focusing on: (1) burned area, (2) size, and (3) number of fires, using ...
Maricel Móstiga, Dolors Armenteras, Jordi Vayreda, Javier Retana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Management of Fire-Adapted Ecosystems in an Urban Setting: the Case of Table Mountain National Park, South Africa

Ecology and Society, 2012
The Table Mountain National Park is a 265-km² conservation area embedded within a city of 3.5 million people. The highly diverse and unique vegetation of the park is both fire prone and fire adapted, and the use of fire forms an integral part of the ...
Brian W. van Wilgen, Greg G. Forsyth, Philip Prins   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fire buffers drought impacts on reproduction in a resprouting Mediterranean shrub

Oikos, EarlyView.
Fire and drought increasingly co‐occur, exposing plants to greater drought stress during post‐fire resprouting. Yet, the effect of this combination of disturbances on plant fitness remains poorly understood. Here, we examine how post‐fire resprouting influences reproductive success under drought conditions in the Mediterranean shrub Anthyllis ...
Jaime Saiz‐ Blanco, Conchita Alonso, Juli G. Pausas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source