Understanding the long-term impact of prescribed burning in mediterranean-climate biodiversity hotspots, with a focus on south-western Australia

SD Bradshaw, KW Dixon, H Lambers… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2018‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Wildfires are expected to increase worldwide both in frequency and intensity owing to global
warming, but are likely to vary geographically. This is of particular concern in the five …

[HTML][HTML] Map** opportunities for the use of land management strategies to address fire risk in Europe

AN Neidermeier, C Zagaria, V Pampanoni… - Journal of environmental …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Many parts of Europe face increasing challenges managing wildfires. Although wildfire is an
integral part of certain ecosystems, fires in many places are becoming larger and more …

Optimizing prescribed fire allocation for managing fire risk in central Catalonia

FJ Alcasena, AA Ager, M Salis, MA Day… - Science of the total …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
We used spatial optimization to allocate and prioritize prescribed fire treatments in the fire-
prone Bages County, central Catalonia (northeastern Spain). The goal of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing wildfire prevention through the integration of prescribed burning into 'fire-smart'land-use policies

S Pais, N Aquilué, JP Honrado, PM Fernandes… - Fire, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Integrating fire into land management is crucial in fire-prone regions. To evaluate the
effectiveness and efficiency of prescribed fire (PF), we employed the REMAINS model in NW …

Effectiveness of mechanical thinning and prescribed burning on fire behavior in Pinus nigra forests in NE Spain

M Piqué, R Domènech - Science of the total environment, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Fuel treatments can mitigate present and future impacts of climate change by reducing fire
intensity and severity. In recent years, Pinus nigra forests in the Mediterranean basin have …

A review of optimization and decision models of prescribed burning for wildfire management

J Qi, J Zhuang - Risk Analysis, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Prescribed burning is an essential forest management tool that requires strategic planning to
effectively address its multidimensional impacts, particularly given the influence of global …

Scientific support to prescribed underburning in southern Europe: What do we know?

PM Fernandes - Science of the Total Environment, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Prescribed burning is a technically demanding and usually highly scrutinized and debated
practice. Barriers of various natures have constrained the development of prescribed …

Fuel dynamics following fire hazard reduction treatments in blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) plantations in Portugal

IM Mirra, TM Oliveira, AMG Barros… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Eucalypts planted for pulp production are highly valued forest resources often at risk in fire-
prone environments. Fuel management programs can diminish fire hazard, yet little is known …

[HTML][HTML] Map** homogeneous response areas for forest fuel management using geospatial data, k-means, and random forest classification

ÁA Chávez-Durán, M Olvera-Vargas… - Forests, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Accurate description of forest fuels is necessary for develo** appropriate fire management
strategies aimed at reducing fire risk. Although field surveys provide accurate measurements …

Scaling-up individual-level allometric equations to predict stand-level fuel loading in Mediterranean shrublands

M De Cáceres, P Casals, E Gabriel, X Castro - Annals of Forest Science, 2019‏ - Springer
Key message Allometric biomass equations developed for individual shrubs can be applied
to estimate shrubland fuels from measurements of cover and average height by species …