Temporal Patterns of Wildfire Activity in Areas of Contrasting Human Influence in the Canadian Boreal Forest

• Published in: Forests
• Main Authors: Rodrigo Campos-Ruiz, Marc-André Parisien, Mike Flannigan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Wildfire; Wildland fire; forest fire; boreal forest; fire management; human influence; climate; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/f9040159

The influence of humans on the boreal forest has altered the temporal and spatial patterns of wildfire activity through modification of the physical environment and through fire management for the protection of human and economic values. Wildfires are actively suppressed in areas with higher human i...