Much distortion about the real role of fire in different ecosystems exists, mostly because fire events attract media attention, usually focusing on the negative aspects of fire. In the perception of the general public, ...

Explicit consideration of the possibility of wildfires enhances strategic planning for landscape management; however, incorporating the stochastic processes that govern fire occurrence and spread in optimization models ...

Cell2Fire is a new cell-based wildland fire growth simulator designed to integrate data-driven landscape management planning models. The fire environment is modeled by partitioning the landscape into cells characterized ...

How fuel influences fire spread at different spatial scales has been broadly studied but it is still under research. Although prior research has generally explored fuel effects at the stand scale, there is increasing ...

Fire behaviour characteristics define the impacts on society and the environment. While wildland fire science has expanded to include the analysis of fire activity and effects across the globe, an understanding of global ...

The damage and effects of fire on the native vegetation of Central Chile have been increasing in recent years due to drought conditions and the state of abandonment of the Mediterranean forests. The objective of this ...

Fire is an environmental factor that helps in shaping plant communities by influencing their structure and function. Frequency is an important component of the fire regime. In tropical savannas, fire frequency is high, ...

El fuego prescripto es una herramienta, no una piromanía, de posible aplicación en variados ambientes y sistemas productivos, cuyo uso puede apoyarse en la necesidad de renovar pasturas, facilitar la siembra, el rebrote ...

El material que se ofrece aquí fue elaborado como medio de apoyo para los cursos de capacitación y entrenamiento de personal dedicado al combate de incendios forestales y al uso del fuego como herramienta de la actividad ...