Understanding fire regimes: A biogeographical perspective.
Jamba
; 16(1): 1673, 2024.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-39113928
ABSTRACT
Fire regimes are often considered to be either driven by climate, fuel load or human activities. A significant proportion of fires across various ecosystems occur via large fire events. Recently, suggestions have been made that fires are becoming more severe and frequent as a consequence of current climate change. Although there are many factors influencing fire events, scientists have not found a suitable framework that can provide for understanding fires at the macroscale level. This review article proposes a new conceptual framework to better understand fire regimes. The proposed framework relies on a biogeographical perspective of fire regimes that include characteristics that have been underestimated in previous frameworks and to mitigate time as well as spatial scale issues at the macrolevel.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
Jamba
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
South Africa
Country of publication:
South Africa