Essay
Understanding fire regimes: A biogeographical perspective
Submitted: 13 February 2024 | Published: 26 July 2024
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Daniel S. Boshoff, Disaster Risk Science, Unit for Environmental Science and Management, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South AfricaAbstract
Fire regimes are often considered to be either driven by climate, fuel load or human activities. A significant proportion of fires across various ecosystems occur via large fire events. Recently, suggestions have been made that fires are becoming more severe and frequent as a consequence of current climate change. Although there are many factors influencing fire events, scientists have not found a suitable framework that can provide for understanding fires at the macroscale level. This review article proposes a new conceptual framework to better understand fire regimes. The proposed framework relies on a biogeographical perspective of fire regimes that include characteristics that have been underestimated in previous frameworks and to mitigate time as well as spatial scale issues at the macrolevel.
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Sustainable Development Goal
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