Using “management mosaics” to mitigate the impacts from extreme wildfires
Abstract Human activities and global change have resulted in more severe and destructive megafires in forest ecosystems worldwide. Here, I introduce and discuss the concept of “management mosaics” and how to use it over both space and time to mitigate the growing impacts of extreme wildfires.
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| author | Qinfeng Guo |
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| description | Abstract Human activities and global change have resulted in more severe and destructive megafires in forest ecosystems worldwide. Here, I introduce and discuss the concept of “management mosaics” and how to use it over both space and time to mitigate the growing impacts of extreme wildfires. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c95dafa64a514cfc9ab220e90f8c80482022-12-21T19:58:55ZengSpringerOpenEcological Processes2192-17092021-06-011011310.1186/s13717-021-00320-6Using “management mosaics” to mitigate the impacts from extreme wildfiresQinfeng Guo0USDA FS, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment CenterAbstract Human activities and global change have resulted in more severe and destructive megafires in forest ecosystems worldwide. Here, I introduce and discuss the concept of “management mosaics” and how to use it over both space and time to mitigate the growing impacts of extreme wildfires.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-021-00320-6Disturbance refugesFire frequency and severityFuel treatmentHuman activitiesMegafires |
| spellingShingle | Qinfeng Guo Using “management mosaics” to mitigate the impacts from extreme wildfires Ecological Processes Disturbance refuges Fire frequency and severity Fuel treatment Human activities Megafires |
| title | Using “management mosaics” to mitigate the impacts from extreme wildfires |
| title_full | Using “management mosaics” to mitigate the impacts from extreme wildfires |
| title_fullStr | Using “management mosaics” to mitigate the impacts from extreme wildfires |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using “management mosaics” to mitigate the impacts from extreme wildfires |
| title_short | Using “management mosaics” to mitigate the impacts from extreme wildfires |
| title_sort | using management mosaics to mitigate the impacts from extreme wildfires |
| topic | Disturbance refuges Fire frequency and severity Fuel treatment Human activities Megafires |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-021-00320-6 |
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