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Shi, Touge
Most of studies on change-point at a regional or global scale have only examined a single hydrometeorological variable and have been unable to identify any underlying explanations. In this study, we identified change-points and long-term trends of…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Bastit, Brunette, Montagné-Huck
Natural disturbances are paramount in the development of ecosystems but may jeopardise the provision of forest ecosystem services. Climate change exacerbates this threat and favours interactions between disturbances. Our objective was thus to…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Magerl, Gingrich, Matej, Cunfer, Forrest, Lauk, Schlaffer, Weidinger, Yuskiw, Erb
Wildfires and land use play a central role in the long-term carbon (C) dynamics of forested ecosystems of the United States. Understanding their linkages with changes in biomass, resource use, and consumption in the context of climate change…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Masa, Kintzios, Vasileiou, Meditskos, Vrochidis, Kompatsiaris
Forest fires can have devastating effects on the environment, communities, individuals, economy, and climate change in many countries. During a forest fire crisis, massive amounts of data, such as weather patterns and soil conditions, become…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Romualdi, Wilkinson, James
Context: The mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a native bark beetle whose outbreaks leads to widespread conifer forest mortality. Of particular concern to forest and wildfire managers is the influence of MPB outbreaks on…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Francis, Pourmohammadi, Steel, Collins, Hurteau
Context: In western US forests, the increasing frequency of large high-severity fires presents challenges for society. Quantifying how fuel conditions influence high-severity area is important for managing risks of large high-severity fires and…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Agrawal, Nelson, Low
Large wildfires (>125 hectares) in the United States account for over 95% of the burned area each year. Predicting large wildfires is imperative; however, current wildfire predictive models are region-based and computationally intensive. Using a…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Zahed, Bączek-Kwinta
Smoke is one of the fire-related cues that can alter vegetation communities’ compositions, by promoting or excluding different plant species. For over 30 years, smoke-derived compounds have been a hot topic in plant and crop physiology. Research in…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Carta, Zidda, Putzu, Loru, Anedda, Giusto
Nowadays, the challenges related to technological and environmental development are becoming increasingly complex. Among the environmentally significant issues, wildfires pose a serious threat to the global ecosystem. The damages inflicted upon…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Yu, Feng, Wang, Wright
Predicting current and future wildfire frequency and size is central to wildfire control and management. Multiple fire danger indices (FDIs) that incorporate weather and fuel conditions have been developed and utilized to support wildfire…
Year: 2023
Type: Document