A5045159370- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest ecology and management
- Fire dynamics and safety research
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Forest Management and Policy
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Landslides and related hazards
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
University of Córdoba
2016-2025
Cordoba University
2019
University of Coimbra
2014-2018
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
2017-2018
San Antonio College
2014-2018
University of Chile
2017
Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo
2015
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...
Traditional uses of the forest (timber, forage) have been giving way to other more in demand (recreation, ecosystem services). An observable consequence this process land use conversion is an increase difficult and extreme wildfires. Wildland management protection program budgets are limited, managers requesting help finding ways objectively assign their limited resources based on intrinsic environmental characteristics a site site’s interrelationship with available firefighting existing...
Improving decision processes and the informational basis upon which decisions are made in pursuit of safer more effective fire response have become key priorities research community. One area emphasis is bridging gap between researchers managers through development application-focused, operationally relevant support tools. In this paper we focus on a family such tools designed to characterise difficulty suppression operations by weighing challenges against opportunities. These integrate...
Most Mediterranean ecosystems have been profoundly shaped by wildfires, driving the evolution of plant species. Through photo interpretation and field inventories, this research assessed vegetation dynamics from 1984 to 2021, examining how fire severity recurrence, key regime variables, influenced changes in structure woody species diversity. Using two burn scars (1988 2006), we identified four scenarios dominated Pinus pinea tree species: control (unburned), areas burned once (either 1988...
Abstract Background Fuel breaks aim to reduce the energetic progression of a wildfire, facilitating safe and efficient suppression. Changes in fire regimes are creating increasingly complex scenarios which higher percentage wildfires exceed control capabilities, significant increase firefighting costs is expected. Therefore, it necessary redefine fuel break networks incorporating science-based criteria. This change entails improvement existing breaks, abandonment those whose effectiveness...
Climate change and the accumulation of surface fuel are leading to global changes in occurrence increasingly severe fires. In light current budgetary constraints, prescribed fire can be a very cost-efficient tool for both reducing wildfire hazards managing fire-prone landscapes. However, despite its widespread use some countries, social administrative constraints arise when applied at European or larger scales. Science-based knowledge concerning behavior, load reduction, tree impacts is...
The use of prescribed fire has been on the rise in recent years owing to its effectiveness surface fuel reduction, implementation cost, and possibility firefighter training. However, greater knowledge regarding effects woodlands is required by forest managers. Scorch height scorch volume are most widely used variables for evaluating burning trees. This study proposes a model fires pine stands Southern Europe. Although two main existing models (fire-line intensity air temperature) were...
Forest fires are permanent seasonal threats that have been accentuated in recent years by climate change. Taking this problem into consideration, forest policies must propose courses of action to mitigate the effects on ecosystems and their surrounding population. The aim study is evaluate effectiveness silvicultural treatments Pinus pinea stands at polewood stage potential fire behavior. Evaluating behavior requires a characterization fuel its two levels: surface crown layers. Given...