Fire deficit increases wildfire risk for many communities in the Canadian boreal forest
A primary element of modern wildfire management is to aggressively suppress small fires before they become large, but benefits can be offset by the fact that these practices promote older forests that are more ‘flammable’. Here the authors show that this downside puts numerous human communities at e...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2020-05-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15961-y |