Fire regime and ecosystem responses: adaptive forest management in a changing world (Part 2)
Daniel Moya A D , Giacomo Certini B and Peter Z. Fulé CA Escuela Técnica Superior Ingenieros Agrónomos y Montes, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario, 02071, Albacete, Spain.
B Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali, Università di Firenze, 50144 Firenze, Italy.
C School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 15018, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
D Corresponding author. Email: Daniel.Moya@uclm.es
International Journal of Wildland Fire 28(7) 471-472 https://doi.org/10.1071/WFv28n7_FO
Published: 23 July 2019
Abstract
Fire is an ecological factor in ecosystems around the world, made increasingly more critical by unprecedented shifts in climate and human population pressure. The knowledge gradually acquired on the subject is needed to improve fire behaviour understanding and to enhance fire management decision-making. This issue (Volume 28, issue 7, International Journal of Wildland Fire) is Part 2 of a special issue aimed at synthesising ongoing research on preventive management and post-fire restoration, including characterisation of the wildland–urban interface (WUI) and assessing the post-fire restoration of wilderness and WUI areas. Landscape management was also investigated using remote sensing techniques and simulation modelling to improve ecosystem resilience. As in Part 1 (Volume 28, issue 5, International Journal of Wildland Fire), the current issue covers diverse forest settings under scenarios of changing climate and land use. The broad geographical range of these studies highlights key similarities of wildfire issues around the world, but detailed data show unique local circumstances that must be considered. The new information from these six papers helps advance fire ecology and management during a period of rapid change.
Additional keywords: ecological restoration, fire effects on ecosystems, wildland-urban interface.
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