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Title: Fire in boreal ecosystems of Eurasia: First results of the Bor Forest island fire experiment, Fire Research Campaign Asia-North (FIRESCAN)

Abstract

Fire is an important natural and anthropogenic factor in the dynamics of the boreal forest system. The ecological and environmental impacts of boreal fires depend on fire weather, fuel availability, fire behavior and history of sand development (frequency and size of fires and other biotic and abiotic disturbances, influence of surrounding landscape on successional developments). About 70% of the global boreal forest is in Eurasia, almost all of it in the Russian Federation. It is estimated that in years with high fire danger up to ca. 10 million ha of forest and other land in the Russian Federation are affected by fire. The demand for reliable information on the role of natural and anthropogenic fire and the necessity to develop adequate fire management systems is basically due to globally increasing concerns about (1) impacts of boreal wildfires on atmosphere and climate, (2) changing utilization and ecologically destructive practices in boreal forestry, and (3) possible consequences of global climate change on the boreal forest system.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Riddarhyttan (Sweden)
  2. Novosibirsk Inst. of Chemical Kinetics and combustion (Russian Federation)
  3. Duke Univ., Durham, SC (United States). Botany Dept.; and others
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6592989
Report Number(s):
CONF-940422-
Journal ID: ISSN 1042-8011; CODEN: WRRVE5
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
World Resource Review; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6:4; Conference: 5. global warming science and policy international conference and expo, San Francisco, CA (United States), 4-7 Apr 1994; Journal ID: ISSN 1042-8011
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ASIA; BOREAL REGIONS; CLIMATIC CHANGE; EUROPE; FIRES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FORESTS; DAMAGE; PLANT GROWTH; GROWTH; 540120* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)

Citation Formats

Angelstam, P, Bufetov, N S, and Clark, J. Fire in boreal ecosystems of Eurasia: First results of the Bor Forest island fire experiment, Fire Research Campaign Asia-North (FIRESCAN). United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Angelstam, P, Bufetov, N S, & Clark, J. Fire in boreal ecosystems of Eurasia: First results of the Bor Forest island fire experiment, Fire Research Campaign Asia-North (FIRESCAN). United States.
Angelstam, P, Bufetov, N S, and Clark, J. 1994. "Fire in boreal ecosystems of Eurasia: First results of the Bor Forest island fire experiment, Fire Research Campaign Asia-North (FIRESCAN)". United States.
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abstractNote = {Fire is an important natural and anthropogenic factor in the dynamics of the boreal forest system. The ecological and environmental impacts of boreal fires depend on fire weather, fuel availability, fire behavior and history of sand development (frequency and size of fires and other biotic and abiotic disturbances, influence of surrounding landscape on successional developments). About 70% of the global boreal forest is in Eurasia, almost all of it in the Russian Federation. It is estimated that in years with high fire danger up to ca. 10 million ha of forest and other land in the Russian Federation are affected by fire. The demand for reliable information on the role of natural and anthropogenic fire and the necessity to develop adequate fire management systems is basically due to globally increasing concerns about (1) impacts of boreal wildfires on atmosphere and climate, (2) changing utilization and ecologically destructive practices in boreal forestry, and (3) possible consequences of global climate change on the boreal forest system.},
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year = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1994},
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