The 2019/2020 mega-fires exposed Australian ecosystems to an unprecedented extent of high-severity fire

L Collins, RA Bradstock, H Clarke… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme fire seasons characterised by very large'mega-fires' have demonstrably increased
area burnt across forested regions globally. However, the effect of extreme fire seasons on …

Towards an integrated approach to wildfire risk assessment: when, where, what and how may the landscapes burn

E Chuvieco, M Yebra, S Martino, K Thonicke… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a review of concepts related to wildfire risk assessment, including the
determination of fire ignition and propagation (fire danger), the extent to which fire may …

Spatial pattern assessment of tropical forest fire danger at Thuan Chau area (Vietnam) using GIS-based advanced machine learning algorithms: A comparative study

NN Thach, DBT Ngo, P Xuan-Canh, N Hong-Thi… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thuan Chau is a serious district affected by forest fire in Vietnam, especially in 2016;
however, no forest fire prediction research has been conducted for this region. Thus …

Fuel reduction burning reduces wildfire severity during extreme fire events in south-eastern Australia

L Collins, R Trouvé, PJ Baker, B Cirulus… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Extreme fire events have increased across south-eastern Australia owing to warmer and
drier conditions driven by anthropogenic climate change. Fuel reduction burning is widely …

Wildfire refugia in forests: Severe fire weather and drought mute the influence of topography and fuel age

L Collins, AF Bennett, SWJ Leonard… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfire refugia (unburnt patches within large wildfires) are important for the persistence of
fire‐sensitive species across forested landscapes globally. A key challenge is to identify the …

Prior disturbance legacy effects on plant recovery post‐high‐severity wildfire

EJ Bowd, DP Blair, DB Lindenmayer - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large, high‐severity wildfires are an important component of disturbance regimes around
the world and can influence the structure and function of forest ecosystems. Climatic …

Fire risk and severity decline with stand development in Tasmanian giant Eucalyptus forest

JM Furlaud, LD Prior, GJ Williamson… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Forest fire risk, and how it changes over time, has important influences on forest dynamics.
Two common models describing how fire risk changes with stand development, known as …

[BOOK][B] Encyclopedia of wildfires and wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires

SL Manzello - 2020 - Springer
Accessory structures are those man-made structures on the landscape surrounding a
primary structure that are mostly separated from the structure and usually not substantially …

Fuel moisture in Mountain Ash forests with contrasting fire histories

JG Cawson, TJ Duff, KG Tolhurst, CC Baillie… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fuel moisture is a key driver of forest flammability as it influences ignition likelihood, fire
intensity and resultant fire severity. Changes to forest canopy cover following disturbances …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric dryness removes barriers to the development of large forest fires

JG Cawson, L Collins, SA Parks, RH Nolan… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
Large forest fires have far-reaching impacts on the environment, human health,
infrastructure and the economy. Forest fires become large when all forest types across a …