Assessing changes in global fire regimes

The global human footprint has fundamentally altered wildfire regimes, creating serious consequences for human health, biodiversity, and climate. However, it remains difficult to project how long-term interactions among land use, management, and climate change will affect fire behavior, representing...

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Authors: Montoya, Encarnación, López-Sáez, José Antonio, Madrigal, Javier, Sayedi Sayedeh Sara, Abbott, Benjamin W., Vannière, Boris, Leys, Bérangère, Colombaroli, Daniele, Gil-Romera, Graciela, Słowiński, Michał, Aleman, Julie C., Blarquez, Olivier, Feurdean, Angelica, Brown, Kendrick, Aakala, T., Alenius, T., Allen, Kathryn J., Andric, Maja, Bergeron, Yves, Biagioni, Siria, Bradshaw, Richard, Bremond, Laurent
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/347820
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/347820
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Biome
Climate change
Ecosystem services
Expert assessment
Fire regime
Holocene
Management
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Summary:The global human footprint has fundamentally altered wildfire regimes, creating serious consequences for human health, biodiversity, and climate. However, it remains difficult to project how long-term interactions among land use, management, and climate change will affect fire behavior, representing a key knowledge gap for sustainable management. We used expert assessment to combine opinions about past and future fire regimes from 99 wildfire researchers. We asked for quantitative and qualitative assessments of the frequency, type, and implications of fire regime change from the beginning of the Holocene through the year 2300.

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