Climate change impact on future wildfire danger and activity in southern Europe: a review

J Dupuy, H Fargeon, N Martin-StPaul, F Pimont… - Annals of Forest …, 2020 - Springer
Key message Wildfire danger and burnt areas should increase over the century in southern
Europe, owing to climate warming. Fire-prone area expansion to the north and to …

Human-caused fire occurrence modelling in perspective: a review

S Costafreda-Aumedes, C Comas… - International Journal of …, 2017 - CSIRO Publishing
The increasing global concern about wildfires, mostly caused by people, has triggered the
development of human-caused fire occurrence models in many countries. The premise is …

Forest fire danger extremes in Europe under climate change: variability and uncertainty

D De Rigo, G Libertà, TH Durrant, TA Vivancos… - 2017 - hal.science
Forests cover over a third of the total land area of Europe. In recent years, large forest fires
have repeatedly affected Europe, in particular the Mediterranean countries. Fire danger is …

Shrub clearing and extensive livestock as a strategy for enhancing ecosystem services in degraded Mediterranean mid-mountain areas

T Lasanta, M Cortijos-López, MP Errea, M Llena… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Land abandonment in the Mediterranean mountains since the 20th century has led to a
reduction of ecosystem services, due to revegetation and homogenization of the landscape …

Seasonal differences in the spatial patterns of wildfire drivers and susceptibility in the southwest mountains of China

W Wang, F Zhao, Y Wang, X Huang, J Ye - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wildfires directly affect global ecosystem stability and severely threaten human life. The
mountainous areas of Southwest China experience frequent wildfires. Map** the …

Estimating the probability of wildfire occurrence in Mediterranean landscapes using Artificial Neural Networks

M Elia, M D'Este, D Ascoli, V Giannico, G Spano… - Environmental Impact …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wildfires are a major disturbance in the Mediterranean Basin and an ecological factor that
constantly alters the landscape. In this context, it is crucial to understand where wildfires are …

Relations of land cover, topography, and climate to fire occurrence in natural regions of Iran: Applying new data mining techniques for modeling and map** fire …

S Eskandari, HR Pourghasemi… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, land uses have been changing and aridity has been increasing in the forests
and rangelands of central Koohdasht which is a region in the forests of the Zagros …

Building wildland–urban interface zone resilience through performance-based wildfire engineering. A holistic theoretical framework

S Tampekis, S Sakellariou, P Palaiologou… - Euro-Mediterranean …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, a worldwide expansion in the frequency of large, uncontrolled, and
catastrophic wildfire events has occurred, creating drastic social, economic, and …

Clearing shrubland and extensive livestock farming: Active prevention to control wildfires in the Mediterranean mountains

T Lasanta, M Khorchani, F Pérez-Cabello… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Forest fires are one of the main environmental problems in Mediterranean environments and
different fire prevention policies have been applied: livestock grazing, prescribed fires and a …

Fire from policy, human interventions, or biophysical factors? Temporal–spatial patterns of forest fire in southwestern China

Q **ong, X Luo, P Liang, Y **ao, Q **ao, H Sun… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forest fire is a recurrent and serious problem which stirs major environmental, economic,
and social concerns. Information on the temporal–spatial distribution of ignition probability …