Fire Ecology and Management in Forest—2nd Edition
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Hazards and Risk Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 1123
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fire ecology; forest fire behavior; fire monitoring; fuel control and management
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Interests: wildfire prediction; wildfire ecology; fire smoke
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Interests: spatial ecology; fire ecology; forest ecology
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Interests: forest ecology; biogeochemistry; carbon and nutrient cycling; bushfire fuel dynamics; soil science
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Interests: forest fire
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The overall impact of fires on forest ecosystems is complex, ranging from a reduction in or elimination of above-ground biomass, to the changes in below-ground biomasses and the soil’s physical, chemical and biological properties. The severity of a fire depends on multiple conditions such as combustion intensity, fire duration, fuel load, fire occurrence time and fire weather. With changes in climate (warmer temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, etc.), fire seasons are expected to lengthen, and with that, forest resistance to fires is undermined. In the conditions of the changing climate, extensive forest fire research is needed, in order to study the changes in fire dynamics and to resolve research questions dealing with current and future forest fire ecology and management issues. At the same time, it is important to quantify the impact of fire disturbance on forest ecosystems and to understand the necessity of new fire prevention and control technologies in forest fire management. Ultimately, our goal should be to provide a scientific basis for developing and clarifying fire management policies.
Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on fire ecology, fire management and their interactions in the context of global climate change—how fire regimes change in the context of the global climate, what the different effects of fire are on forest ecosystems, what the possible effects of fuel management measures are on fires and forest ecosystems, and what the new fire prediction applications and firefighting techniques are in forest fire management.
Prof. Dr. Long Sun
Dr. Futao Guo
Dr. Zhiwei Wu
Dr. Christopher Weston
Dr. Tongxin Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wildfire
- prescribed burning
- fire ecology
- fire regime
- fire behavior
- fuel characteristics and management
- fire prediction and fighting techniques
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