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1. Comprehensive comparative economic evaluation of woody biomass energy from silvicultural fuel treatments

Author:
Campbell, Robert M.; Anderson, Nathaniel M.
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2019
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus ponderosa; air quality; bioenergy; biomass; burning; case studies; cost effectiveness; decision making; economic costs; economic evaluation; economic valuation; electricity; forest health; forests; fuels; income; markets; risk; wildfires; wildland-urban interface; willingness to pay; Colorado;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fuel treatments are used in overstocked, fire-prone forests to alter wildfire behavior and reduce fire risk. Some of the benefits they provide are not captured in markets, and therefore represent unaccounted environmental externalities that can lead to inefficient decision making. This study uses a replicable method to integrate market and nonmarket economic values into a comprehensive economic ev ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109422

2. Towards a comprehensive wildfire management strategy for Mediterranean areas: Framework development and implementation in Catalonia, Spain

Author:
Alcasena, Fermín J.; Ager, Alan A.; Bailey, John D.; Pineda, Nicolau; Vega-García, Cristina
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2019 v.231 pp. 303-320
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; ecosystems; fire regime; fire suppression; forests; fuels; humans; land use; landscapes; lightning; planning; simulation models; transportation; wildfires; wildland fire management; wildland-urban interface; Mediterranean region; Southern European region; Spain;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Southern European countries rely largely on fire suppression and ignition prevention to manage a growing wildfire problem. We explored a more wholistic, long-term approach based on priority maps for the implementation of diverse management options aimed at creating fire resilient landscapes, restoring cultural fire regimes, facilitating safe and efficient fire response, and creating fire-adapted c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.10.027

3. Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes for carbon, water and vegetation outcomes

Author:
Gharun, Mana; Possell, Malcolm; Bell, Tina L.; Adams, Mark A.
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2017 v.203 pp. 157-170
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; biodiversity; burning; carbon; carbon dioxide; environmental management; fires; greenhouse gas emissions; hydrologic cycle; research and development; risk; soil erosion; vegetation; Australia;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fire plays a critical role in biodiversity, carbon balance, soil erosion, and nutrient and hydrological cycles. While empirical evidence shows that fuel reduction burning can reduce the incidence, severity and extent of unplanned fires in Australia and elsewhere, the integration of environmental values into fire management operations is not well-defined and requires further research and developmen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.056

4. Return on investment from fuel treatments to reduce severe wildfire and erosion in a watershed investment program in Colorado

Author:
Jones, Kelly W.; Cannon, Jeffery B.; Saavedra, Freddy A.; Kampf, Stephanie K.; Addington, Robert N.; Cheng, Antony S.; MacDonald, Lee H.; Wilson, Codie; Wolk, Brett
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2017 v.198 pp. 66-77
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; climate; dredging; fire behavior; fire severity; forests; fuels; monitoring; pollution load; prioritization; risk reduction; rivers; sediment yield; sediments; storms; watersheds; wildfires; Colorado;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... A small but growing number of watershed investment programs in the western United States focus on wildfire risk reduction to municipal water supplies. This paper used return on investment (ROI) analysis to quantify how the amounts and placement of fuel treatment interventions would reduce sediment loading to the Strontia Springs Reservoir in the Upper South Platte River watershed southwest of Denv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.05.023
Chorus Open Access:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.05.023

5. Assessing the effect of pruning and thinning on crown fire hazard in young Atlantic maritime pine forests

Author:
Hevia, Andrea; Crabiffosse, Alejandra; Álvarez-González, Juan Gabriel; Ruiz-González, Ana Daria; Majada, Juan
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2017
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus pinaster; Weibull statistics; analysis of variance; biomass; bulk density; canopy; coniferous forests; equations; fire behavior; fire hazard; fuels; models; pruning; silviculture; trees; Spain;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Management of fuel to minimize crown fire hazard is a key challenge in Atlantic forests, particularly for pine species. However, a better understanding of effectiveness of silvicultural treatments, especially forest pruning, for hazard reduction is required. Here we evaluate pruning and thinning as two essential silvicultural treatments for timber pine forests. Data came from a network of permanen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.051

6. The potential for LiDAR technology to map fire fuel hazard over large areas of Australian forest

Author:
Price, Owen F.; Gordon, Christopher E.
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2016 v.181 pp. 663-673
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; basins; fire hazard; fire spread; fuel loading; fuels; humans; lidar; remote sensing; sclerophyll forests; wildfires; Australia;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fuel load is a primary determinant of fire spread in Australian forests. In east Australian forests, litter and canopy fuel loads and hence fire hazard are thought to be highest at and beyond steady-state fuel loads 15–20 years post-fire. Current methods used to predict fuel loads often rely on course-scale vegetation maps and simple time-since-fire relationships which mask fine-scale processes in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.08.042

7. Mapping regional patterns of large forest fires in Wildland–Urban Interface areas in Europe

Author:
Modugno, Sirio; Balzter, Heiko; Cole, Beth; Borrelli, Pasquale
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2016 v.172 pp. 112-126
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; ecosystem services; forest fires; land use; landscapes; regression analysis; remote sensing; risk; risk reduction; satellites; urban areas; wildland-urban interface; Europe; Sardinia;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Over recent decades, Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) trends in many regions of Europe have reconfigured the landscape structures around many urban areas. In these areas, the proximity to landscape elements with high forest fuels has increased the fire risk to people and property. These Wildland–Urban Interface areas (WUI) can be defined as landscapes where anthropogenic urban land use and forest ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.02.013

8. Wildfire exposure and fuel management on western US national forests

Author:
Ager, Alan A.; Day, Michelle A.; McHugh, Charles W.; Short, Karen; Gilbertson-Day, Julie; Finney, Mark A.; Calkin, David E.
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2014 v.145 pp. 54-70
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; forests; fuels; humans; landscapes; national forests; prediction; risk; risk management process; simulation models; wildfires; Western United States;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Substantial investments in fuel management activities on national forests in the western US are part of a national strategy to reduce human and ecological losses from catastrophic wildfire and create fire resilient landscapes. Prioritizing these investments within and among national forests remains a challenge, partly because a comprehensive assessment that establishes the current wildfire risk an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.05.035

9. Energy input in conventional and organic paddy rice production in Missouri and Italy: A comparative case study

Author:
Pagani, Marco; Johnson, Thomas G.; Vittuari, Matteo
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2017 v.188 pp. 173-182
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; animal production; carbon; carbon footprint; case studies; crop production; crops; electricity; emissions; energy; energy requirements; farms; fertilizers; fossil fuels; no-tillage; organic foods; organic production; pesticides; production technology; renewable energy sources; rice; seeds; surface irrigation; Italy; Missouri; Southern European region;     Show all 26 Subjects
Abstract:
... The expected decline in availability of fossil fuels over the next several decades, either because of resource depletion or because of limits on carbon emissions, is leading to a keen interest in finding more sustainable energy sources. For this reason, it is useful to assess the energy footprint of alternative agricultural systems for crops and animal production and to identify potential transiti ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.010

10. The dynamics and drivers of fuel and fire in the Portuguese public forest

Author:
Fernandes, Paulo M.; Loureiro, Carlos; Guiomar, Nuno; Pezzatti, Gianni B.; Manso, Filipa T.; Lopes, Luís
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2014 v.146 pp. 373-382
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; afforestation; basins; biomass; fire behavior; fire regime; fire weather; flammability; forests; fuels; humid zones; issues and policy; land use change; landscapes; models; summer; wildfires; Portugal;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... The assumption that increased wildfire incidence in the Mediterranean Basin during the last decades is an outcome of changes in land use warrants an objective analysis. In this study we examine how annual area burned (BA) in the Portuguese public forest varied in relation to environmental and human-influenced drivers during the 1943–2011 period. Fire behaviour models were used to describe fuel haz ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.049

11. Wildfire frequency varies with the size and shape of fuel types in southeastern France: Implications for environmental management

Author:
Curt, Thomas; Borgniet, Laurent; Bouillon, Christophe
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2013 v.117 pp. 150-161
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; biomass; burning; coniferous forests; databases; deciduous forests; ecosystems; environmental management; fire hazard; fire suppression; fuels; issues and policy; landscapes; risk; roads; shrublands; weather; wildfires; France;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Characterizing time intervals between successive fires in the recent history is of main interest for fire hazard prevention and sustainable environmental management as it indicates what the typical fire return interval for each type of ecosystem is. We tested the extent to which fire return intervals (FRIs) depend on fuel type and age, and we compared FRI values between two fire-prone areas of sou ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.12.006
PubMed:
23369835

12. Modelling available crown fuel for Pinus pinaster Ait. stands in the “Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas Natural Park” (Spain)

Author:
Molina, Juan Ramón; Rodríguez y Silva, Francisco; Mérida, Enrique; Herrera, Miguel Ángel
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2014 v.144 pp. 26-33
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fuels (fire ecology),   etc   ; Pinus pinaster; allometry; biomass; branches; bulk density; canopy; decision making; decision support systems; equations; fire behavior; forest inventory; fuel loading; fuels; landscapes; models; trees; uncertainty; Iberian Peninsula; Spain;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... One of the main limiting aspects in the application of crown fire models at landscape scale has been the uncertainty derived to describe canopy fuel stratum. Available crown fuel and canopy bulk density are essential in order to simulate crown fire behaviour and are of potential use in the evaluation of silvicultural treatments. Currently, the more accurate approach to estimate these parameters is ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.05.003

13. Invasion of Pinus halepensis Mill. following a wildfire in an Argentine grassland nature reserve

Author:
Zalba, S.M.; Cuevas, Y.A.; Boó, R.M.
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2008 v.88 no.3 pp. 539-546
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; Pinus halepensis; forest trees; invasive species; ecological invasion; grasslands; conservation areas; wildfires; vegetation; growth rings; dendrochronology; tree age; plant establishment; fire intensity; Argentina; Pampas region;     Show all 16 Subjects
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.03.018
PubMed:
17467146

14. Predicting streamflow response to fire-induced landcover change: Implications of parameter uncertainty in the MIKE SHE model

Author:
McMichael, C.E.; Hope, A.S.
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2007 v.84 no.3 pp. 245-256
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
fire ecology,   etc   ; wildfires; semiarid zones; shrublands; watersheds; vegetation cover; simulation models; ecological succession; environmental impact; seasonal variation; temporal variation; wet season; dry season; stand characteristics; tree age; stream flow; model uncertainty; California;     Show all 18 Subjects
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.06.003
PubMed:
16901617