Wildfires in the Siberian taiga
The majority of area burned by wildfire are located in Siberia. Mainly low-intensity surface fires occur in larch forests, whereas in evergreen forests both surface and crown fires are observed. Warming has led to an increase in the frequency and area of wildfires that have reached the Arctic Ocean...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8497666 2023-05-15T15:04:38+02:00 Wildfires in the Siberian taiga Kharuk, Viacheslav I. Ponomarev, Evgenii I. Ivanova, Galina A. Dvinskaya, Maria L. Coogan, Sean C. P. Flannigan, Mike D. 2021-01-29 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8497666/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33512668 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01490-x en eng Springer Netherlands http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8497666/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33512668 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01490-x © Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2021 Ambio Siberian Environmental Change Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01490-x 2022-11-06T01:30:31Z The majority of area burned by wildfire are located in Siberia. Mainly low-intensity surface fires occur in larch forests, whereas in evergreen forests both surface and crown fires are observed. Warming has led to an increase in the frequency and area of wildfires that have reached the Arctic Ocean shore. However, wildfires are the most important factor in taiga dynamics; larch and Scots pine have evolved under conditions of periodic forest fires, thereby gaining a competitive advantage over non-fire adapted species; in the permafrost zone, periodic fires are a prerequisite for the dominance of larch. Wildfires support ecosystem health, biodiversity, and conservation; periodic wildfires decrease the danger of catastrophic wildfires. With an amplified rate of increase in fires, it is necessary to focus fire suppression on areas of high social, natural, and economic value, while allowing a greater number of wildfires to burn in the vast Siberian forest landscapes. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13280-020-01490-x. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean permafrost taiga Siberia PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Arctic Ocean Ambio 50 11 1953 1974 |
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The majority of area burned by wildfire are located in Siberia. Mainly low-intensity surface fires occur in larch forests, whereas in evergreen forests both surface and crown fires are observed. Warming has led to an increase in the frequency and area of wildfires that have reached the Arctic Ocean shore. However, wildfires are the most important factor in taiga dynamics; larch and Scots pine have evolved under conditions of periodic forest fires, thereby gaining a competitive advantage over non-fire adapted species; in the permafrost zone, periodic fires are a prerequisite for the dominance of larch. Wildfires support ecosystem health, biodiversity, and conservation; periodic wildfires decrease the danger of catastrophic wildfires. With an amplified rate of increase in fires, it is necessary to focus fire suppression on areas of high social, natural, and economic value, while allowing a greater number of wildfires to burn in the vast Siberian forest landscapes. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13280-020-01490-x. |
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