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Morphological correlates of fire-induced tree mortality in a central Amazonian forest. [PDF]
, 2003 Tree characteristics were recorded from 2829 standing trees in 24 0.25-ha terra firme forest plots in central Amazonia, 3 y after a surface fire had swept through the study area.
Peres, Carlos A. +2 more
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Understanding human-fire interactions in tropical forest regions : a case for interdisciplinary research across the natural and social sciences [PDF]
, 2011 Fire in the forested tropics has profound environmental, economic, and social impacts at multiple geographical scales. Causes of tropical fires are widely documented, although research contributions are from many disciplines, and each tends to focus on ...
Carmenta, R. +14 more
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Integrating fire management into forest planning
It is the purpose of this paper to explore the integration of fire management into the land planning process. Through an understanding of fire management and its effects on other forest activities, a framework may be developed for meeting both the ...
Phillips, Steven John
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Tropical Dry Forest Resilience to Fire Depends on Fire Frequency and Climate
, 2021 Wildfires are becoming increasingly frequent and devastating in many tropical forests. Although seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) are among the most fire-threatened ecosystems, their long-term response to frequent wildfires remains largely unknown.
Hartung, M (Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands)
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Quantitative analysis of forest fire extinction efficiency
Forest Systems, 2015 Aim of study: Evaluate the economic extinction efficiency of forest fires, based on the study of fire combat undertaken by aerial and terrestrial means. Area of study, materials and methods: Approximately 112,000 hectares in Chile.
Miguel E. Castillo-Soto +1 more
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Simulating Forest Fire Spread with Cellular Automation Driven by a LSTM Based Speed Model
Fire, 2022 The simulation of forest fire spread is a key problem for the management of fire, and Cellular Automata (CA) has been used to simulate the complex mechanism of the fire spread for a long time.
Xingdong Li +6 more
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Developing the US Wildland Fire Decision Support System
Journal of Combustion, 2011 A new decision support tool, the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) has been developed to support risk-informed decision-making for individual fires in the United States.
Erin K. Noonan-Wright +7 more
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Conceptual Framework of an Effective Decision Support System in Forest Fire Management
Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi, 2020 Forest fire management organizations require accurate, timely and readily available information to be successful in forest fire suppression. A sound decision support system is necessary to acquire and make this information available to fire management ...
Kadir Alperen Coşkuner +1 more
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Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2019 Use of near-real time satellite data from MODIS and SNPP-VIIRS for monitoring forest fires have been part of the Integrated Fire Management Strategy of forest managers to monitor forest fire situation.
Vikram Elavarasan +8 more
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Forest Systems, 2016 Aim of the study: Mycorrhizal fungi in Mediterranean forests play a key role in the complex process of recovery after wildfires. A broader understanding of an important pyrophytic species as Pinus pinaster and its fungal symbionts is thus necessary for ...
Pablo Vásquez-Gassibe +3 more
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