2013
DOI: 10.1126/science.1240294
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Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates

Abstract: Policy focused on fire suppression only delays the inevitable.

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“…However, widespread efforts to exclude, mitigate or contain severe fire through forest thinning, suppression and fire-fighting activities (including back-burning), as well as efforts to speed recovery from severe fire do not currently incorporate knowledge of existing or potential refugia on managed landscapes [87]. Large areas of tree mortality can easily dominate the early post-fire perspective in the absence of a quantitative assessment of burn heterogeneity and associated ecological functions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, widespread efforts to exclude, mitigate or contain severe fire through forest thinning, suppression and fire-fighting activities (including back-burning), as well as efforts to speed recovery from severe fire do not currently incorporate knowledge of existing or potential refugia on managed landscapes [87]. Large areas of tree mortality can easily dominate the early post-fire perspective in the absence of a quantitative assessment of burn heterogeneity and associated ecological functions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Over the past millennia, Lopé's ecosystems have fluctuated according to the prevailing climatic conditions. Over the next century, changes in global temperature are predicted to reduce forest cover in Gabon (Zelazowski et al, 2011) and with it associated fire behaviour is also expected to change (Delire et al, 2008), a phenomenon that may happen globally (Stephens et al, 2013). Lopé's fire management policy will need to be adaptive to these changes, as the landscape continues to evolve.…”
Section: Parks Vol 201 March 2014mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These large patches, where most if not all of the trees are dead, can impede conifer tree regeneration (Barton 2002, Goforth and Minnich 2008, Roccaforte et al 2012, Collins and Roller 2013, Crotteau et al 2013, Crotteau et al 2014) and predispose them for repeated high severity fire and potentially, type conversion (Van Wagtendonk et al 2012, Collins andSkinner 2014). As a result, many forest managers today are tasked with mitigating the potential for uncharacteristic severe fire (North et al 2009, Stephens et al 2013.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%