Fire resistance of European pines

Fernandes, Paulo M.; Vega, José A.; Jiménez, Enrique; Rigolot, Éric

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.032

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“…By contrast, in the areas with high fire intensity, fire burned crowns (either as passive or active crown fire) and mortality was very high (i.e., 92.4%, 231 dead, 19 alive). Therefore, it seems that the species is not well adapted to high fireline intensity: It is clear that PU lacks of adaptations to intense fires as other species like Pinus halepensis (serotines cones), Pinus canariensis (resprouting) or Quercus suber (bark thickness and resprouting) (Fernandes et al, 2008;Pausas, 1997). However, it could regenerate in the burned area from seeds from few individuals that survive inside the burned stand or from unburned islands or from PU populations outside the fire perimeter.…”

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Fire effects in Pinus uncinata Ram plantations

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Aim of study: Understanding fire ecology of main forest species is essential for a sound, scientifically based on managing of wildlands and also to assess likely implications due to changes in fire regime under a global change scenario. Few references can be found about fire ecology of Pinus uncinata Ram. (PU). PU species grows in the Central Pyrenees where large, severe wildland fires did not occur frequently in the past. However, several fires with extreme fire behavior have affected PU stands in last years and they might disturb other PU forest in the future.Area of study: Cabdella fire (February 2012), in Lleida province, is one of the several wildland fires occurred in 2012 (winter season) in the Central Pyrenees. Fire affected a large PU plantation (102 ha) located at 1.800-2,100 meters above the sea. Material and methods:We have analyzed first order fire effects in three fireline intensity thresholds along three years in terms of mortality ratio, scorched height, percentage of scorched crown volume and bark char height.Main results: PU seems to be a very tolerant species to low and medium fire line intensity but fire effects were very significant when fire line intensity was high. In medium fireline intensity sites, probability of mortality ranged from 15 to 30% and the dead trees had the highest values on scorched height and percentage of scorched crown volume.Research highlights: Results from this work supports that prescribed burning might be used to efficiently decrease fuel load and fuel vertical continuity while avoiding considerable PU mortality. It also displayed that when fuel management has been implemented, PU mortality might be limited even under extreme fire behavior.

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“…In contrast, Iberian mountain pines such as P. sylvestris and P. nigra fit the "resister strategy" (Agee 1998). Their thick bark and the absence of branches in the lower part of the crown allow them to survive low-severity fires (Tapias et al 2001(Tapias et al , 2004Fernandes et al 2008;Fule et al 2008). However, the lack of serotinous cones (Tapias et al 2001(Tapias et al , 2004, the low survival rate of the seeds after heating (Escudero et al 1999) and their short dispersal distances (Ordonez et al 2006) make them very sensitive to crown fires.…”

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Negative responses of highland pines to anthropogenic activities in inland Spain: a palaeoecological perspective

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Morales‐Molino

Álvarez

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Palaeoecological evidence indicates that highland pines were dominant in extensive areas of the mountains of Central and Northern Iberia during the first half of the Holocene. However, following several millennia of anthropogenic pressure, their natural ranges are now severely reduced. Although pines have been frequently viewed as first-stage successional species responding positively to human disturbance, some recent palaeobotanical work has proposed fire disturbance and human deforestation as the main drivers of this vegetation turnover. To assess the strength of the evidence for this hypothesis and to identify other possible explanations for this scenario, we review the available information on past vegetation change in the mountains of northern inland Iberia. We have chosen data from several sites that offer good chronological control, including palynological records with microscopic charcoal data and sites with plant macro-and megafossil occurrence. We conclude that although the available longterm data are still fragmentary and that new methods are needed for a better understanding of the ecological history of Iberia, fire events and human activities (probably

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“…Stem injury is related to both fire residence time in surface fuels and bark thickness (Ryan 1982;Rego and Rigolot 1990). Logistic models of postfire mortality in pines have been developed for several species (see Fernandes et al 2008 for a review in European pines). Model variables consist of dendrometric parameters (height, diameter at breast height) and several indicators of fire severity (crown scorch volume, bole length charred, bark char).…”

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Comparison of postfire mortality in endemic Corsican black pine (Pinus nigra ssp. laricio) and its direct competitor (Pinus pinaster)

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Prodon²,

Rigolot

2011

Annals of Forest Science

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HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Comparison of postfire mortality in endemic Corsican black pine (Pinus nigra ssp. laricio) and its direct competitor (Pinus pinaster)Pimont, Prodon, Rigolot To cite this version:Pimont, Prodon, Rigolot. Comparison of postfire mortality in endemic Corsican black pine (Pinus nigra ssp. laricio) and its direct competitor (Pinus pinaster).

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Fire resistance of European pines

Cited by 214 publications

References 54 publications

Fire effects in Pinus uncinata Ram plantations

Fire effects in Pinus uncinata Ram plantations

Negative responses of highland pines to anthropogenic activities in inland Spain: a palaeoecological perspective

Comparison of postfire mortality in endemic Corsican black pine (Pinus nigra ssp. laricio) and its direct competitor (Pinus pinaster)

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