environmental impactfiresforest managementLarge fires are a major disturbance in Canadian forests and exert significant effects on both the climate system and ecosystems. During the last century, extremely large fires accounted for the majority of Canadian burned area. By making an instaneous change ...
on the last 44 years but CMIP6 climate models project that the temperatures of 2023 will become normal by the 2050s. Such changes are likely to increase fire activity5,6,7,8, risking the carbon uptake potential of Canadian forests. This will impact allowable emissions for reaching warming ...
Firstof all, Canada's vast geography and diverse climate make it a great place to explore weather phenomena. From northern Arctic regions to temperate forests and coastal areas, Canadian weather provides a unique insight into the complexities of weather systems and their impact on ecosystems. ...
Wildfires may have serious and long-lasting impacts in Mediterranean Basin oak forests. Although cork oak (Quercus suber L.) is usually considered a highly fire-resistant tree species, post-fire recovery is not guaranteed. We assessed the mortality and regeneration of 729 cork oak trees that burn...
The nonvascular and vascular plant composition of the early regenerating vegetation present following wildfires and clear-cut logging has been compared separately in three areas of the black spruce (Picea mariana(Mill.) BSP) - feathermoss (Pleurozium schreberi(Brid.) Mitt.)) forest of western and...
Taken together, the results of this study suggest that increasing wildfires related to global climatic conditions in the Late Cretaceous contributed to the expansion of angiosperm flora in the Arctic, and had a substantial impact on the deposition of sediments in the surrounding Sverdrup Basin....
The optical and chemical properties of biomass burning (BB) smoke particles greatly affect the impact wildfires have on climate and air quality. Previous work has demonstrated some links between smoke properties and factors such as fuel type and meteorology. However, the factors controlling ...
Eight stands were selected that encompassed two age-classes replicated on two soil types (clay loam and sand) in a split-plot design. Four of the eight stands originated from logging (2126 years old), and <F"Times">the four others originated from wildfires (80 years old). Nonlinear ...
The primary drivers of boreal ecosystem dynamics are wildfires, alongside the secondary drivers of insects, diseases, and their interactions [13]. Natural boreal forests, therefore, are not only composed of young postfire stands but also include significant proportions of old-growth stands ...