Estimating the Trade-Offs between Wildfires and Carbon Stocks across Landscape Types to Inform Nature-Based Solutions in Mediterranean Regions DOI Creative Commons
Rui Miguel Serôdio Simões, Paulo Flores Ribeiro, José Lima Santos

et al.

Fire, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(10), P. 397 - 397

Published: Oct. 14, 2023

Climate and land-use changes have been contributing to the increase in occurrence of extreme wildfires, shifting fire regimes driving desertification, particularly Mediterranean-climate regions. However, few studies researched influence land use/cover on carbon storage at broad national scale. To address this gap, we used spatially explicit data from annual burned areas mainland Portugal build a typology based accumulated area its temporal concentration (Gini Index) between 1984 2019. This was then combined with stock different landscapes explore relationships landscape types two important ecosystem services: wildfire reduction stock. Multivariate analyses were performed these results revealed strong relationship dominated by maritime pine eucalypt plantations highly hazardous regimes, which turn hold highest stocks. Shrubland mixed associated low stocks less regimes. Specialized agricultural landscapes, as well native forests agroforestry least wildfires. In case however, good performance is achieved cost poorest stock, whereas strike best trade-off regime. Our findings support how nature-based solutions promoting mitigation services may prevent revert degradation harming Mediterranean

Language: Английский

Unraveling the Effect of Fire Seasonality on Fire-Preferred Fuel Types and Dynamics in Alto Minho, Portugal (2000–2018) DOI Creative Commons
Emanuel Oliveira, Paulo M. Fernandes, David Miranda

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Fire, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(7), P. 267 - 267

Published: July 6, 2023

Socio-demographic changes in recent decades and fire policies centered on suppression have substantially diminished the ability to maintain low fuel loads at landscape scale marginal lands. Currently, shepherds face many barriers use of for restoring pastures shrub-encroached communities. The restrictions imposed are based lack knowledge their impacts landscape. We aim contribute this clarification. Therefore, we used a dataset burned areas Alto Minho region seasonal unseasonal (pastoral) fires. conducted statistical spatial analyses characterize regime (2001–2018), distribution types dynamics, effects such changes. Unseasonal fires smaller spread different contexts. Fuel characteristic maritime pine eucalypts selected by avoided which, turn, showed high preference heterogeneous mosaics herbaceous shrub vegetation. area covered broadleaved eucalypt forest stands increased between 2000 2018 expense type corresponding stands. Results emphasize role recurrence these changes, weak effect An increase was observed only fires, after excluding overlapping with

Language: Английский

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Estimating the Trade-Offs between Wildfires and Carbon Stocks across Landscape Types to Inform Nature-Based Solutions in Mediterranean Regions DOI Open Access
Rui Miguel Serôdio Simões, Paulo Flores Ribeiro, José Lima Santos

et al.

Published: Aug. 25, 2023

Climate and land-use changes have been contributing to increase the occurrence of extreme wild-fires, shifting fire regimes driving desertification, particularly in Mediterranean-climate regions. However, few studies researched effects change on carbon storage at broad national scale. To address this gap, we used spatially explicit data from annual burned areas mainland Portugal build a typology based accumulated area its temporal concentration (Gini index) between 1984 2019, which was combined with 2018 stock (above- below-ground), landscape re-sulting cluster analysis over composition, diversity configuration, explore relationships types two major ecosystem services stake: wildfire reduction stock. Cross tabulations, logistic linear regressions were performed these results revealed strong relationship landscapes dominated by maritime pine eucalypt forest plantations high-hazardous regime but hold highest Shrubland-mixed associated lower stocks less hazardous regimes. Specialized agricultural landscapes, as well mixed native forests agro-forestry least wildfires. In case however, good performance is achieved cost poorest stock, de-noting land degradation, whereas agroforestry strike best trade-off regime. Our findings support how nature-based solutions promoting mitigation may prevent revert degradation harming Mediterranean

Language: Английский

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Natural Hazard Impact in Protected Areas for Resilience Management: The Case of Wildfires in the Basilicata Region DOI Creative Commons
Giuseppe Cillis, Antonio Lanorte, Valentina Santarsiero

et al.

Pollutants, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3(4), P. 437 - 450

Published: Sept. 28, 2023

Wildfires represent a significant threat to protected areas around the world. This has become even more pronounced in recent years due climate change. These fires can destroy, among other things, natural habitats, cause loss of biodiversity, and affect air quality. In addition, they have economic impact on countries that depend tourism area activities. this context, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide an important solution for fire management areas. case study, Basilicata region (Southern Italy) was taken as example where data events are freely accessible constantly updated. By exploiting several interoperable GIS tools, it possible perform complex geospatial analysis provided information sustainable resilient land use planning. particular, with highest frequency within or close emerged, which therefore be attended at different planning levels. general, work made implement simple methodologies relational between easily employed administrative settings so make territory expected increase climatic changes.

Language: Английский

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Landscape-Based Fire Resilience: Identifying Interaction Between Landscape Dynamics and Fire Regimes in the Mediterranean Region DOI

Jinlai Song,

Daniele Cannatella, Nikos Katsikis

et al.

Lecture notes in computer science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 328 - 344

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Wildfires Impact on Pm2.5 Concentration in Galicia Spain DOI
César Quishpe‐Vásquez,

P.A Noriega Oliva,

Ellie Anne López-Barrera

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Functional mechanisms underlying the persistence of Opuntia ficus-indica in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem after fire DOI Creative Commons
Jessyca Adelle Silva Santos, Sabina Villadangos, Queila Souza Garcia

et al.

Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 54, P. e03067 - e03067

Published: July 2, 2024

Changes in fire regime can favor invasive plants Mediterranean-type ecosystems. The goal of this experiment was to understand the post-fire dynamics cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica, by assessing contribution and impact clonal propagation sexual reproduction on recruitment species after fire. number O. ficus-indica new clones seed-derived estimated a burn event natural area located western Mediterranean (Catalonia, NE Spain). Functional stress markers, relative growth rate, contents both growth- stress-related phytohormones were measured. Furthermore, remaining damaged evaluated regarding fruit size, seed number, viability, as well other reproductive traits. Results showed that 95 % recruits burned clones. Clones higher water chlorophyll content than plants. rate consequently plants, which also associated with growth-related hormones (cytokinins gibberellins) former. seeds produced exhibited thicker funicular envelope compared from unburned It is concluded that, although main strategy observed fire, its combination efficient physiological strategies survival guarantees persistence plant areas due an effective fast recovery cactus cover short term while contributing genetic variability population long term.

Language: Английский

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The current policy focus shift from a sectoral to a territorial governance of wildfire reduction is aligned with forest owners’ preferences DOI Creative Commons
Maria João Canadas, Miguel Leal, Ana Novais

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Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 146, P. 107313 - 107313

Published: Aug. 22, 2024

Language: Английский

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Protected areas, drought, and grazing regimes influence fire occurrence in a fire-prone Mediterranean region DOI Creative Commons
Máire Kirkland, Philip W. Atkinson,

Sara Aliácar

et al.

Fire Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(1)

Published: Sept. 27, 2024

Language: Английский

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Pattern Recognition and Modelling of Virulent Wildfires in Spain DOI

Maria Bugallo,

M. Dolores Esteban, Domingo Morales

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Wildfires contribute to climate change and are detrimental health economy. Large forest fires rising every year in southern European countries a high spatio-temporal concentration has been shown overwhelm fire suppression systems. Related this, our research aims model forecast great events characterise the windows of opportunity for become larger size. The adopted approach combines pattern recognition complex statistical modelling which, by capturing underlying dependencies matching nature data, build sound basis formulate firefighting strategies. Weekly provincial data from 2007-2015 used illustrate performance proposed methodology shed some light about current state wildfires Spain. Research claims that weather conditions, simultaneity proximity urban settlements make Spanish landscape highly flammable during summer.

Language: Английский

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Estimating the Trade-Offs between Wildfires and Carbon Stocks across Landscape Types to Inform Nature-Based Solutions in Mediterranean Regions DOI Creative Commons
Rui Miguel Serôdio Simões, Paulo Flores Ribeiro, José Lima Santos

et al.

Fire, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(10), P. 397 - 397

Published: Oct. 14, 2023

Climate and land-use changes have been contributing to the increase in occurrence of extreme wildfires, shifting fire regimes driving desertification, particularly Mediterranean-climate regions. However, few studies researched influence land use/cover on carbon storage at broad national scale. To address this gap, we used spatially explicit data from annual burned areas mainland Portugal build a typology based accumulated area its temporal concentration (Gini Index) between 1984 2019. This was then combined with stock different landscapes explore relationships landscape types two important ecosystem services: wildfire reduction stock. Multivariate analyses were performed these results revealed strong relationship dominated by maritime pine eucalypt plantations highly hazardous regimes, which turn hold highest stocks. Shrubland mixed associated low stocks less regimes. Specialized agricultural landscapes, as well native forests agroforestry least wildfires. In case however, good performance is achieved cost poorest stock, whereas strike best trade-off regime. Our findings support how nature-based solutions promoting mitigation services may prevent revert degradation harming Mediterranean

Language: Английский

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