A5048799804- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Landslides and related hazards
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2023
University of Vermont
2020
Carbon offsets from voluntary avoided-deforestation projects are generated on the basis of performance in relation to ex ante deforestation baselines. We examined effects 26 such project sites six countries three continents using synthetic control methods for causal inference. found that most have not significantly reduced deforestation. For did, reductions were substantially lower than claimed. This reflects differences between baselines and post counterfactuals according observed areas....
This paper presents a review of concepts related to wildfire risk assessment, including the determination fire ignition and propagation (fire danger), extent which may spatially overlap with valued assets (exposure), potential losses resilience those (vulnerability). is followed by brief discussion how these can be integrated connected mitigation adaptation efforts. We then operational systems in place various parts world. Finally, we propose an system being developed under FirEUrisk...
Many parts of Europe face increasing challenges managing wildfires. Although wildfire is an integral part certain ecosystems, fires in many places are becoming larger and more intense, driven largely by climate change, land abandonment, changes fuel management with important socioeconomic, environmental, ecosystem services consequences for Europe. In order to envision a comprehensive fire risk mitigation strategy Europe, spatial assessment opportunities manage fuels at the landscape-scale...
This study explores the potential for different fuel management strategies to mitigate future wildfire risks across Europe by leveraging advanced modeling techniques that integrate climate and land-use change scenarios. Using Lund-Potsdam-Jena managed Land model (LPJmL), coupled with SPITFIRE fire model, we simulate impacts of five interventions four classes, ranging from fine fuels (e.g., grasses leaves) coarse branches mature trees). These scenarios are based on SSP1 (Shared Socioeconomic...
Two species of silver fly, Leucopis argenticollis (Zetterstedt) and piniperda (Malloch) (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), from the Pacific Northwest region North America have been identified as potential biological control agents hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae: Adelges tsugae Annand) in eastern America. The two predators are collectively synchronized with A. development. To determine whether adult emergence fly also one another, we collected which emerged tsugae-infested western...
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The combination of climate change, land abandonment, and the loss traditional fire management activities is increasing risk uncontrolled wildfires across Europe. Although considered an integral part many ecosystems, number European communities, natural areas, infrastructures are at larger more intense fires as distribution composition fuel loads altered under new regimes. Our study assesses potential suitability three strategies (LMS) to mitigate hazard through in These LMS herbivory,...