Implications of changing climate for global wildland fire

MD Flannigan, MA Krawchuk… - … journal of wildland …, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Wildland fire is a global phenomenon, and a result of interactions between climate–weather,
fuels and people. Our climate is changing rapidly primarily through the release of …

Managing fire regimes in north Australian savannas: applying Aboriginal approaches to contemporary global problems

J Russell-Smith, GD Cook, PM Cooke… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Savannas constitute the most fire‐prone biome on Earth and annual emissions from
savanna‐burning activities are a globally important source of greenhouse‐gas (GHG) …

The need for a consistent fire policy for Cerrado conservation

G Durigan, JA Ratter - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The Cerrado is a fire‐dependent savanna requiring a clear and urgent fire management
policy. The extensive misuse of fire for deforestation or pasture management in Brazil has …

Mega-fires, tipping points and ecosystem services: Managing forests and woodlands in an uncertain future

MA Adams - Forest Ecology and Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Global evidence posits that we are on the cusp of fire-driven 'tipping points' in some of the
world's most important woody biomes including savannah woodlands, temperate forests …

Livestock production in a changing climate: adaptation and mitigation research in Australia

B Henry, E Charmley, R Eckard… - Crop and Pasture …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Climate change presents a range of challenges for animal agriculture in Australia. Livestock
production will be affected by changes in temperature and water availability through impacts …

Local and global pyrogeographic evidence that indigenous fire management creates pyrodiversity

C Trauernicht, BW Brook, BP Murphy… - Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the challenges wildland fire poses to contemporary resource management, many
fire‐prone ecosystems have adapted over centuries to millennia to intentional landscape …

Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database

TT van Leeuwen, GR van der Werf, AA Hoffmann… - …, 2014 - bg.copernicus.org
Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit
area burned. Fuel consumption (FC) depends on the biomass available to burn and the …

Good fire, bad fire: It depends on who burns

CN Berlinck, EKL Batista - Flora, 2020 - Elsevier
Fire can be extremely harmful to sensitive ecosystems such as rainforests while maintaining
the structure and composition of savanna environments. That is because historically …

Seasonality of vegetation fires as modified by human action: observing the deviation from eco‐climatic fire regimes

Y Le Page, D Oom, JMN Silva… - Global Ecology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim In any region affected, fires exhibit a strong seasonal cycle driven by the dynamic of fuel
moisture and ignition sources throughout the year. In this paper we investigate the global …

Opportunities and challenges for savanna burning emissions abatement in southern Africa

J Russell-Smith, C Yates, R Vernooij, T Eames… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Savanna fires occurring in sub-Saharan Africa account for over 60% of global fire extent, of
which more than half occurs in the Southern Hemisphere contributing~ 29% of global fire …