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Uncovering current pyroregions in Italy using wildfire metrics
BackgroundPyrogeography is a major field of investigation in wildfire science because of its capacity to describe the spatial and temporal variations...
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Governance drivers hinder and support a paradigm shift in wildfire risk management in Italy
Fire is a fundamental social-ecological process, but a combination of changing climate, land use and values at risk is increasing the incidence of...
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What is a fire resilient landscape? Towards an integrated definition
The concept of fire resilience has become increasingly relevant as society looks to understand and respond to recent wildfire events. In particular,...
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How changing fire management policies affect fire seasonality and livelihoods
There is a long history of fire management in African savannas, but knowledge of historical and current use of fire is scarce in savanna-woodland...
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Human–environmental drivers and impacts of the globally extreme 2017 Chilean fires
In January 2017, hundreds of fires in Mediterranean Chile burnt more than 5000 km 2 , an area nearly 14 times the 40-year mean. We contextualize these...
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Traditional fire-use, landscape transition, and the legacies of social theory past
Fire-use and the scale and character of its effects on landscapes remain hotly debated in the paleo- and historical-fire literature. Since the second...
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Synergistic vulnerabilities: climate variability and fire management policy increase farming challenges in southeastern Mexico
Agricultural fire for land preparation is central in the livelihoods of subsistence farmers practicing shifting cultivation. Achieving a good...
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Recent trends in African fires driven by cropland expansion and El Niño to La Niña transition
Landscape fires are key in African ecosystems
1 ,2 ,3 and the continent is responsible for ·70% of global burned area and ·50% of fire-related carbon...
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Pyrogeography: Map** and Understanding the Spatial Patterns of Wildfire
Wildland fires are a significant and growing problem for many communities. Simultaneously, fire is increasingly seen as an important component of...
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Geotechnologies in Environmental Management
This edited collection, as a continuation of the “Geotechnologies and Environment” series, delves into the applications of geotechnologies for...
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Fire in the Earth System
Fire is an important component of the Earth System that is tightly coupled with climate, vegetation, biogeochemical cycles, and human activities....