Accuracy, realism and general applicability of European forest models

M Mahnken, M Cailleret, A Collalti, C Trotta… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Forest models are instrumental for understanding and projecting the impact of climate
change on forests. A considerable number of forest models have been developed in the last …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping wildfire hazard, vulnerability, and risk to Canadian communities

S Erni, X Wang, T Swystun, SW Taylor… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Large and intense wildfires are an integral part of many Canadian landscapes, playing a
critical role in ecosystem dynamics. However, the recent catastrophic fire seasons have …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping opportunities for the use of land management strategies to address fire risk in Europe

AN Neidermeier, C Zagaria, V Pampanoni… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many parts of Europe face increasing challenges managing wildfires. Although wildfire is an
integral part of certain ecosystems, fires in many places are becoming larger and more …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping forest canopy fuel parameters at European scale using spaceborne LiDAR and satellite data

E Aragoneses, M García, P Ruiz-Benito… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Spatially explicit data on forest canopy fuel parameters provide critical information for
wildfire propagation modelling, emission estimations and risk assessment. LiDAR …

A geographically flexible approach for mapping the Wildland-Urban Interface integrating fire activity data

I Tikotzki, A Bar-Massada, N Levin - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is the area where houses and natural vegetation meet
or intermingle. WUI areas are exposed to an increased hazard of wildfires and have …

A European-scale analysis reveals the complex roles of anthropogenic and climatic factors in driving the initiation of large wildfires

C Ochoa, A Bar-Massada, E Chuvieco - Science of the total environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Analysing wildfire initiation patterns and identifying their primary drivers is essential for the
development of more efficient fire prevention strategies. However, such analyses have …

Optimizing Wildfire Prevention through the Integration of Prescribed Burning into 'Fire-Smart'Land-Use Policies

S Pais, N Aquilué, JP Honrado, PM Fernandes… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Integrating fire into land management is crucial in fire-prone regions. To evaluate the
effectiveness and efficiency of prescribed fire (PF), we employed the REMAINS model in NW …

[HTML][HTML] Multidecadal mapping of status and trends in annual burn probability over Canada's forested ecosystems

C Mulverhill, NC Coops, MA Wulder, JC White… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Globally, wildfires burn an average of approximately 5.5 Mha of forest per year. Deriving a
detailed inventory of forest fuel conditions is critical to managing resources both before and …

Defining priorities for wildfire mitigation actions at the local scale: insights from a novel risk analysis method applied in Portugal

A Benali, BA Aparício, A Gonçalves… - Frontiers in Forests and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In Portugal, the 2017 fire season was particularly extreme, leading to an
unprecedented large number of fatalities, injured people, destruction of houses and …

Assessing cross-boundary wildfire hazard, transmission, and exposure to communities in the Italy-France Maritime cooperation area

M Salis, L Del Giudice, F Alcasena-Urdiroz… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The growing threats posed by wildfires in Southern Europe are calling for the development
of comprehensive and sound management and risk assessment strategies. In this work, we …