Assessing changes in global fire regimes
Brigham Young University · University of Bern · +117 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Background The global human footprint has fundamentally altered wildfire regimes, creating serious consequences for human health, biodiversity, and climate. However, it remains difficult to project how long-term interactions among land use, management, and climate change will affect fire behavior, representing a key knowledge gap for sustainable management. We used expert assessment to combine opinions about past and future fire regimes from 99 wildfire researchers. We asked for quantitative and qualitative assessments of the frequency, type, and implications of fire regime change from the beginning of the Holocene through the year 2300. Results Respondents indicated some direct human influence on…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 28.05
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 151
Authors
107- SSSayedeh Sara SayediCorresponding
Brigham Young University
- BWBenjamin W. Abbott
Brigham Young University
- BVBoris Vannière
University of Bern, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Université de franche-comté
- BLBérangère Leys
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
- DCDanièle Colombaroli
Royal Holloway University of London
Topics & keywords
- Biome
- Climate change
- Biodiversity
- Fire regime
- Ecosystem
- Grassland
- Environmental science
- Environmental resource management