Fire in managed forests of eastern Canada: Risks and options

Girardin, Martin P.; Ali, Adam A.; Carcaillet, Christopher; Gauthier, Sylvie; Hély, Christelle; Goff, Héloïse Le; Terrier, Aurélie; Bergeron, Yves

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.005

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“…However, it has been increasingly recognized that such an assumption is invalid and that modern observations are not a good analogue for prehistoric variability (Kelly et al, 2016;Hudiburg et al, 2017). For example, fire activity over much of the Holocene was higher in terms of frequency and fire size than the current levels across broad areas of eastern Canada (Girardin et al, 2013a;Remy et al, 2017). It is likely that not accounting for such variability may introduce biases in forest productivity dynamics and levels, more specifically on soil carbon dynamics (Hudiburg et al, 2017).…”

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“…These phenomena are expected to lead to an increase in the frequency and size of fires in eastern boreal Canada in response to the on-going global warming (Ali et al, 2012). Effects of these changes in seasonal onset and dryness are such that the average size of spring wildfires could be multiplied by a factor of 3 for each additional 1 • C of warming (Ali et al, 2012;Girardin et al, 2013a;Price et al, 2013). An increase in area burned would affect both forest management plans and fire suppression strategies.…”

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“…For example, fire activity over much of the Holocene was higher in terms of frequency and fire sizes than are current levels across broad areas of eastern Canada (Girardin et al, 2013a;Remy et al, 2017). It is likely that not accounting for such variability may introduce biases in forest productivity Biogeosciences Discuss., https://doi.org /10.5194/bg-2017-350 Manuscript under review for journal Biogeosciences Discussion started: 20 September 2017 c Author(s) 2017.…”

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“…Effects of these changes in seasonal onset and dryness are such that the average size of spring wildfires could be multiplied by a factor of three for each additional 1°C of warming (Ali et al, 2012;Girardin et al, 2013a;Price et al, 2013). An increase in the areas burned would affect both plans for forest management and fire suppression strategies.…”

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The pyrogeography of eastern boreal Canada from 1901 to 2012 simulated with the LPJ-LMfire model

Chaste¹,

Girardin²,

Kaplan³

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Abstract. Wildland fires are the main natural disturbance shaping forest structure and composition in eastern boreal Canada. 15On average, more than 700,000 ha of forest burns annually, and causes as much as C$2.9 million worth of damage. Although we know that occurrence of fires depends upon the coincidence of favourable conditions for fire ignition, propagation and fuel availability, the interplay between these three drivers in shaping spatiotemporal patterns of fires in eastern Canada remains to be evaluated. The goal of this study was to reconstruct the spatiotemporal patterns of fire activity during the last century in eastern Canada's boreal forest as a function of changes in lightning ignition, climate and vegetation. We addressed this 20 objective using the dynamic global vegetation model LPJ-LMfire, which we parametrized for four Plant Functional Types (PFTs) that correspond to the prevalent tree genera in eastern boreal Canada (Picea, Abies, Pinus, Populus). LPJ-LMfire was run with a monthly time-step from 1901 to 2012 on a 10-km 2 resolution grid covering the boreal forest from Manitoba to Newfoundland. Outputs of LPJ-LMfire were analyzed in terms of fire frequency, net primary productivity (NPP), and aboveground biomass. The predictive skills of LPJ-LMfire were examined by comparing our simulations of annual burn rates 25 and biomass with independent datasets. The simulation adequately reproduced the latitudinal gradient in fire frequency in Manitoba and the longitudinal gradient from Manitoba towards southern Ontario, as well as the temporal patterns present in independent fire histories. Nevertheless, the simulation led to underestimation and overestimation of the fire frequency at both the northern and southern limits of the boreal forest in Quebec. The general pattern of simulated total tree biomass also agreed well with observations, with the notable exception of overestimated biomass at the northern treeline, mainly for Picea PFT. In 30 these northern areas, the predictive ability of LPJ-LMfire is likely being affected by a low density of weather stations, which has led to underestimation of the strength of fire-weather interactions during extreme fire years and, therefore, vegetation consumption. Agreement of the spatiotemporal patterns of fire frequency with the observed data confirmed that fire in the study area is strongly ignition-limited. Overall, climate and lightning ignition variability at multi-decadal and -annual timeBiogeosciences Discuss., https://doi

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“…However, such objectives are difficult to achieve in practice because existing meteorological data and general fire statistics are only available for a short period of time. Accordingly, uncertainties concerning future fire activity limit the range of variability and occurrence patterns that can be determined (Girardin et al 2013).…”

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Forest fire analysis and classification based on a Serbian case study

Lukić¹,

Maric²,

Hrnjak³

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A recent forest fire in the Republic of Serbia is discussed concerning classification, legislative framework and fire management, giving a detailed analysis of the forest fire occurrence. Analysing past and predicting future fires are crucial for policy development and forest management practices to prevent and mitigate fires. Fire hazard is discussed through several fire protection and prevention legislative documents. The nonparametric Mann-Kendall test was used to analyse resent forest fire data in an attempt to find causality in occurrences and frequency. The meteorological data and fire statistics provided by the Serbian Hydro-meteorological Service and the Ministry of Interior/Sector for Emergency Management of the Republic of Serbia were used to calculate the Forest Fire Weather Indices, along with deficit or surplus of precipitation for the case study of Tara Mountain. The paper highlights the need for better hierarchical classification of fire hazards and its harmonisation along with standardisations presented by leading international research institutions. A significant correlation between meteorological parameters and forest fire occurrence was found. This opens a possibility for further investigation and analysis of geophysical and anthropogenic driven factors that can influence disaster occurrence.

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Fire in managed forests of eastern Canada: Risks and options

Cited by 85 publications

References 105 publications

The pyrogeography of eastern boreal Canada from 1901 to 2012 simulated with the LPJ-LMfire model

The pyrogeography of eastern boreal Canada from 1901 to 2012 simulated with the LPJ-LMfire model

The pyrogeography of eastern boreal Canada from 1901 to 2012 simulated with the LPJ-LMfire model

Forest fire analysis and classification based on a Serbian case study

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