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Wildfires in the Siberian taiga
- Source :
- Ambio
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Netherlands, 2021.
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Abstract
- The majority of area burned by wildfire are located in Siberia. Mainly low-intensity surface fires occur in larch forests, whereas in evergreen forests both surface and crown fires are observed. Warming has led to an increase in the frequency and area of wildfires that have reached the Arctic Ocean shore. However, wildfires are the most important factor in taiga dynamics; larch and Scots pine have evolved under conditions of periodic forest fires, thereby gaining a competitive advantage over non-fire adapted species; in the permafrost zone, periodic fires are a prerequisite for the dominance of larch. Wildfires support ecosystem health, biodiversity, and conservation; periodic wildfires decrease the danger of catastrophic wildfires. With an amplified rate of increase in fires, it is necessary to focus fire suppression on areas of high social, natural, and economic value, while allowing a greater number of wildfires to burn in the vast Siberian forest landscapes. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13280-020-01490-x.
- Subjects :
- 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Geography, Planning and Development
Biodiversity
Forests
01 natural sciences
Fires
Wildfires
Fire protection
Taiga
Environmental Chemistry
Dominance (ecology)
Ecosystem
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Siberian Environmental Change
040101 forestry
Ecosystem health
Ecology
biology
Scots pine
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
Evergreen
biology.organism_classification
Siberia
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Environmental science
Physical geography
Larch
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ambio
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5dd325ad3e0d8e9c4424f97976ae2d0e