Wildland fire risk research in Canada

LM Johnston, X Wang, S Erni, SW Taylor… - Environmental …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Despite increasing concern about wildland fire risk in Canada, there is little synthesis of
knowledge that could contribute to the development of a comprehensive risk framework for a …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the presence and distribution of tree species in Canada's forested ecosystems

T Hermosilla, A Bastyr, NC Coops, JC White… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of tree species is required to inform management, planning, and
monitoring of forests as well as to characterize habitat and ecosystem function. Remotely …

Novel climate–fire–vegetation interactions and their influence on forest ecosystems in the western USA

S Liang, MD Hurteau - Functional Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate, disturbance, vegetation response and their interaction are key factors in predicting
the distribution and function of ecosystems across landscapes. A range of factors, operating …

Fuel availability not fire weather controls boreal wildfire severity and carbon emissions

XJ Walker, BM Rogers, S Veraverbeke… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Carbon (C) emissions from wildfires are a key terrestrial–atmosphere interaction that
influences global atmospheric composition and climate. Positive feedbacks between climate …

[HTML][HTML] Fire deficit increases wildfire risk for many communities in the Canadian boreal forest

MA Parisien, QE Barber, KG Hirsch… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The top priority of fire management agencies in Canada is to protect human life and
property. Here we investigate if decades of aggressive fire suppression in the boreal biome …

Wildfire‐mediated vegetation change in boreal forests of Alberta, Canada

D Stralberg, X Wang, MA Parisien, FN Robinne… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate‐induced vegetation change may be delayed in the absence of disturbance
catalysts. However, increases in wildfire activity may accelerate these transitions in many …

Examining forest resilience to changing fire frequency in a fire‐prone region of boreal forest

SJ Hart, J Henkelman, PD McLoughlin… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Future changes in climate are widely anticipated to increase fire frequency, particularly in
boreal forests where extreme warming is expected to occur. Feedbacks between vegetation …

Towards a whole‐system framework for wildfire monitoring using Earth observations

MA Crowley, CA Stockdale, JM Johnston… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fire seasons have become increasingly variable and extreme due to changing
climatological, ecological, and social conditions. Earth observation data are critical for …

A sensible climate solution for the boreal forest

R Astrup, PY Bernier, H Genet, DA Lutz… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
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Exposure of the Canadian wildland–human interface and population to wildland fire, under current and future climate conditions

S Erni, L Johnston, Y Boulanger… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
In Canada, recent fire seasons have demonstrated the threat of wildland fire in the wildland–
human interface (WHI) areas, where forest fuels intermingle with or abut housing, industry …