Landscape - Wildfire Interactions in Southern Europe: Implications for Landscape Management. Moreira, F., Viedma, O., Arianoutsou, M., Curt, T., Koutsias, N., Rigolot, E., Barbati, A., Corona, P., Vaz, P., Xanthopoulos, G., Mouillot, F., & Bilgili, E. 92(10):2389–2402.
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[Abstract] Every year approximately half a million hectares of land are burned by wildfires in southern Europe, causing large ecological and socio-economic impacts. Climate and land use changes in the last decades have increased fire risk and danger. In this paper we review the available scientific knowledge on the relationships between landscape and wildfires in the Mediterranean region, with a focus on its application for defining landscape management guidelines and policies that could be adopted in order to promote landscapes with lower fire hazard. The main findings are that (1) socio-economic drivers have favoured land cover changes contributing to increasing fire hazard in the last decades, (2) large wildfires are becoming more frequent, (3) increased fire frequency is promoting homogeneous landscapes covered by fire-prone shrublands; (4) landscape planning to reduce fuel loads may be successful only if fire weather conditions are not extreme. The challenges to address these problems and the policy and landscape management responses that should be adopted are discussed, along with major knowledge gaps. [Highlights] [::] We reviewed landscape-wildfire relationships in Southern Europe. [::] Recent land cover changes contributed to increase fire hazard in the last decades. [::] Large wildfires are becoming more frequent. [::] Increased fire frequency is creating landscapes covered by fire-prone shrublands. [::] Landscape planning to reduce fire hazard works only if fire weather is not extreme.
@article{moreiraLandscapeWildfireInteractions2011,
  title = {Landscape - Wildfire Interactions in Southern {{Europe}}: Implications for Landscape Management},
  author = {Moreira, Francisco and Viedma, Olga and Arianoutsou, Margarita and Curt, Thomas and Koutsias, Nikos and Rigolot, Eric and Barbati, Anna and Corona, Piermaria and Vaz, Pedro and Xanthopoulos, Gavriil and Mouillot, Florent and Bilgili, Ertugrul},
  date = {2011-10},
  journaltitle = {Journal of Environmental Management},
  volume = {92},
  pages = {2389--2402},
  issn = {0301-4797},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.06.028},
  url = {http://mfkp.org/INRMM/article/9597979},
  abstract = {[Abstract] 

Every year approximately half a million hectares of land are burned by wildfires in southern Europe, causing large ecological and socio-economic impacts. Climate and land use changes in the last decades have increased fire risk and danger. In this paper we review the available scientific knowledge on the relationships between landscape and wildfires in the Mediterranean region, with a focus on its application for defining landscape management guidelines and policies that could be adopted in order to promote landscapes with lower fire hazard. The main findings are that (1) socio-economic drivers have favoured land cover changes contributing to increasing fire hazard in the last decades, (2) large wildfires are becoming more frequent, (3) increased fire frequency is promoting homogeneous landscapes covered by fire-prone shrublands; (4) landscape planning to reduce fuel loads may be successful only if fire weather conditions are not extreme. The challenges to address these problems and the policy and landscape management responses that should be adopted are discussed, along with major knowledge gaps.

[Highlights]

[::] We reviewed landscape-wildfire relationships in Southern Europe. [::] Recent land cover changes contributed to increase fire hazard in the last decades. [::] Large wildfires are becoming more frequent. [::] Increased fire frequency is creating landscapes covered by fire-prone shrublands. [::] Landscape planning to reduce fire hazard works only if fire weather is not extreme.},
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  number = {10}
}
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