Investigating the Relationship between Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Regeneration and Subsequent Fire Vulnerability
The Australian 2019–2020 wildfires impacted the subtropical rainforest with a variety of burn severities, making them vulnerable to another burn. Rainforest post-fire regenerated vegetation could be highly flammable, containing fire-promoting species such as <i>Lantana camara</i> and fir...
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| author | Thalia Ross Sanjeev K. Srivastava Alison Shapcott |
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| description | The Australian 2019–2020 wildfires impacted the subtropical rainforest with a variety of burn severities, making them vulnerable to another burn. Rainforest post-fire regenerated vegetation could be highly flammable, containing fire-promoting species such as <i>Lantana camara</i> and fire-suppressing species such as <i>Phytolacca octandra</i>. This study investigated whether early post-fire regeneration may make rainforests more flammable and if this varies with fire severity. This study sampled three national parks where rainforest burnt in 2019–2020 across different fire severities to test if there were consistent patterns in post-fire regeneration flammability. We found that flammable species increased in the regions where fire severity was higher. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e1d3e15d2264550bd9ac3408343ed6b2023-11-16T20:32:59ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072023-01-0114222210.3390/f14020222Investigating the Relationship between Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Regeneration and Subsequent Fire VulnerabilityThalia Ross0Sanjeev K. Srivastava1Alison Shapcott2School of Science, Technology and Engineering and Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, AustraliaSchool of Science, Technology and Engineering and Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, AustraliaSchool of Science, Technology and Engineering and Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, AustraliaThe Australian 2019–2020 wildfires impacted the subtropical rainforest with a variety of burn severities, making them vulnerable to another burn. Rainforest post-fire regenerated vegetation could be highly flammable, containing fire-promoting species such as <i>Lantana camara</i> and fire-suppressing species such as <i>Phytolacca octandra</i>. This study investigated whether early post-fire regeneration may make rainforests more flammable and if this varies with fire severity. This study sampled three national parks where rainforest burnt in 2019–2020 across different fire severities to test if there were consistent patterns in post-fire regeneration flammability. We found that flammable species increased in the regions where fire severity was higher.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/2/222rain forest fireflammabilityremote sensingdisturbancefire regeneration |
| spellingShingle | Thalia Ross Sanjeev K. Srivastava Alison Shapcott Investigating the Relationship between Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Regeneration and Subsequent Fire Vulnerability Forests rain forest fire flammability remote sensing disturbance fire regeneration |
| title | Investigating the Relationship between Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Regeneration and Subsequent Fire Vulnerability |
| title_full | Investigating the Relationship between Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Regeneration and Subsequent Fire Vulnerability |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the Relationship between Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Regeneration and Subsequent Fire Vulnerability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the Relationship between Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Regeneration and Subsequent Fire Vulnerability |
| title_short | Investigating the Relationship between Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Regeneration and Subsequent Fire Vulnerability |
| title_sort | investigating the relationship between fire severity and post fire vegetation regeneration and subsequent fire vulnerability |
| topic | rain forest fire flammability remote sensing disturbance fire regeneration |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/2/222 |
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