Balancing wildlife protection and wildfire threat mitigation using a network optimization approach

Balancing wildlife protection and wildfire threat mitigation using a network optimization approach

In boreal forests of North America, land managers often carry out preventive treatments of forest fuel for the protection of human infrastructure from wildfires. However, these treatments may negatively affect other ecosystem services, such as the capacity to sustain wildlife populations. Here, we e...

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Main Authors: Denys Yemshanov, Denyse A. Dawe, Amanda Bakalarczyk, Ning Liu, Yan Boulanger, Jonathan Boucher, Alexandre Beauchemin, Dominique Arseneault, Mathieu Leblond, Marc-André Parisien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Subjects:
human infrastructure protection
wildfire fuel connectivity
woodland caribou
critical node detection
wildlife corridor
network interdiction
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1186616/full

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