Identifying and managing disturbance‐stimulated flammability in woody ecosystems

• Published in: Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Vol. 99; no. 3; pp. 699 - 714
• Main Authors: Lindenmayer, David, Zylstra, Phil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2024
• Subjects: Abandoned land; Agricultural land; Burning; Climate Change; Conservation of Natural Resources; Controlled burning; Disturbances; ecological controls; Ecosystem; Fires; Flammability; Forest fire detection; Forest fires; forest landscape management; Forestry; Forests; Land management; Logging; Northern Hemisphere; post‐disturbance regrowth; prescribed burning; Prescribed fire; spatial contagion; Trees; Vegetation; Wildfires; Windthrow; Woody plants; young disturbed forest; post‐disturbance regrowth; prescribed burning; ecological controls; logging; young disturbed forest; spatial contagion; forest landscape management

ABSTRACT Many forest types globally have been subject to an increase in the frequency of, and area burnt by, high‐severity wildfire. Here we explore the role that previous disturbance has played in increasing the extent and severity of subsequent forest fires. We summarise evidence documenting and e...