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Prescribed burning in Italy: issues, advances and challenges [PDF]
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2013 Prescribed burning has been carried out since the late 1970s in several southern European countries. Italy hosted some pioneer experiences in the early ’80s, but these did not follow up into practical implementation, and few studies and applications were
Ascoli D, Bovio G
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Where to prescribe burn: the costs and benefits of prescribed burning close to houses [PDF]
International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2019 Prescribed burning is used in Australia as a tool to manage fire risk and protect assets. A key challenge is deciding how to arrange the burns to generate the highest benefits to society. Studies have shown that prescribed burning in the wildland–urban interface (WUI) can reduce the risk of house loss due to wildfires, but the costs and benefits of ...
Veronique Florec +4 more
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Effects of fire on ground‐dwelling arthropods in a shrub‐dominated grassland
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Arthropods are abundant and diverse animals in many terrestrial food webs. In western Oklahoma, some shrublands are interspersed with discrete, dense thickets of tall, woody vegetation, known as mottes.
Anna Butler +3 more
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Forest Systems, 2022 Aim of study: To evaluate the effects of two different prescribed burning strategies on ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal species in Pinus cubensis-dominated natural forest.
Francisco Durán-Manual +8 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Prescribed burning is a major source of a fine particular matter, especially in the southeastern United States, and quantifying emissions from burning operations accurately is an integral part of ascertaining air quality impacts. For instance, a critical
Zongrun Li +6 more
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Impacts of prescribed burning on soil greenhouse gas fluxes in a suburban native forest of south-eastern Queensland, Australia [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2015 Prescribed burning is a forest management practice that is widely used in Australia to reduce the risk of damaging wildfires. Prescribed burning can affect both carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling in the forest and thereby influence the soil-atmosphere ...
Y. Zhao, Y. Z. Wang, Z. H. Xu, L. Fu
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A risk-averse solution for the prescribed burning problem
, 2023 CRUE-CSIC (Acuerdos Transformativos 2022)Hazard reduction is a complex task involving important efforts to prevent and mitigate the consequences of disasters.
Hearne, John +2 more
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Fire, 2023 Prescribed fire is an important land conservation tool to meet ecological, cultural, and public safety objectives across terrestrial ecosystems. While estimates of prescribed burning in the U.S.A. exceed 4.5 million hectares annually, tracking the extent
Karen Cummins +6 more
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Factors Influencing County Commissioners’ Decisions about Burn Bans in the Southern Plains, USA
Land, 2021 Woody plant encroachment in North American rangelands has led to calls for greater use of prescribed fire to reduce fuel loads and restore grazing productivity and grassland biodiversity.
Thomas W. McDaniel +3 more
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Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2020 The prescribed burning is one of the most important actions within an extensive network of planning of ecological, cultural, socioeconomic and technical factors that are contemplated in the Integrated and Adaptive Fire Management.
Allan Deyvid Pereira da Silva +5 more
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