Across the globe, human activities have been gaining importance relatively to climate and ecology as the main controls on fire regimes and consequently human activity became an important driver of the frequency, extent and intensity of vegetation burning
The regular burning of the wetland (note that in general, South Africa is prone to wildfires) may be one of the reasons for this spread. The Colbyn Valley Wetland experiences fires (sometimes twice a year) on a regular basis and they kill fauna, damage the flora and the wooden fences. ...
capacity of a rate of spread model for active crown fires (M.G. Cruz, M.E. Alexander, and R.H. Wakimoto. 2005. Can. J. For. Res. 35: 1626-1639) using a relatively large (n = 57) independent data set originating from wildfire observations undertaken in Canada and the United States...
Similarly, forests with NPP values ranging from 2500 to 5000 kg·C/m2 are defined as active fire-induced FRST-pattern, which represents an active fire-induced pattern of natural-induced wildfires in forests with high tree/shrub cover. As the climatic and hydrological conditions vary slightly in...
Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC V5A 1S6, Canada 3 Escuela de Ciencias Físicas y Matemática, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito 170525, Ecuador * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. ...