Temperate and boreal forest mega-fires: characteristics and challenges

Mega-fires are often defined according to their size and intensity but are more accurately described by their socioeconomic impacts. Three factors - climate change, fire exclusion, and antecedent disturbance, collectively referred to as the "mega-fire triangle" - likely contribute to today...

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Published in:	Frontiers in ecology and the environment Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 115 - 122
Main Authors:	Stephens, Scott L, Burrows, Neil, Buyantuyev, Alexander, Gray, Robert W, Keane, Robert E, Kubian, Rick, Liu, Shirong, Seijo, Francisco, Shu, Lifu, Tolhurst, Kevin G, van Wagtendonk, Jan W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ecological Society of America 01.03.2014
Subjects:	Boreal forests climate change ecological resilience ecosystems Fire ecology Fire management fire regime Fire regimes Forest ecology Forest ecosystems Forest fire management Forest fires Forest management managers prescribed burning REVIEWS risk Western Australia Wildfires Australia, Western Australia Western Australia
ISSN:	1540-9295, 1540-9309
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