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Fast-growing forest plantations in Mediterranean-type climates
Fast-growing forest plantations in Mediterranean-type climates are a significant fire risk in the absence of substantial and regular fuel treatments. (a) The Pedr g o Grande…
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Map of Tonl Sap, Cambodia showing the extent of fires in 2019 on lands previously inundated on a seasonal basis.
Tonle Sap in Cambodia is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. Every year during the wet season, it floods and is then partially drained…
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Comparison of forest conditions in the North American Mediterranean climate zone’s yellow pine mixed conifer forest under continued frequent fire and absence of logging (left) versus >100 years of fire suppression and logging of firetolerant species (righ
Comparison of forest conditions in the North American Mediterranean climate zone’s yellow pine mixed conifer forest under continued frequent fire and absence of logging…
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Direct impacts of human ignitions, active suppression, and land fragmentation from agriculture on burnt areas, 2001–2014
The direct impacts that the combined effects of human ignitions, active suppression, and land fragmentation from agriculture had on burnt areas between 2001–2014 (from…
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Dominant factors contributing to burnt area
The dominant factors contributing to burnt area during the height of the fire season. The strength of each control is measured as the sensitivity…
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Effects of high fire frequency on chaparral in the North American Mediterranean climate region
The entire photographed area near San Diego was burnt in 1970, then two fires occurred in 2001 and 2003. The area in the foreground,…
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Integrated Fire Management – the 5Rs
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Prevalence of recent global wildfire activity, 2014-2019
An indication of the prevalence of recent global wildfire activity, calculated as the normalised difference between the annual average burnt area from January 2014…
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Total 2020 burnt area in the Pantanal
Total 2020 burnt area in the Pantanal using the ALARMES 500m resolution product. Conservation units and Indigenous lands are shown in green and orange,…
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Ecological disturbance of peatlands by wildfire
An example of the ecological disturbance that can result from wildfires on peatlands. Peatlands contribute significantly to carbon sequestration and storage, biodiversity conservation, water…
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Adaptive strategies of biota to fire
Adaptive strategies of biota to fire at the landscape, community, population, and individual scale. Depending on the conditions driving the fire, its intensity and…
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Fire severity and intensity
The severity of a fire depends upon the intensity of the fire and the nature of the vegetation through which it is burning. High-intensity…