Fire
Though fire can often be an effective management tool and wildfires can have an important role in natural ecosystem processes, wildfires of extreme severity, size or timing can have damaging effects on our forests. Managing and responding to fire on the landscape requires knowledge of three phases: ignition sources including arson, severity and spread processes including mortality, fuel consumption, smoke production and soil heating, and post-fire response including flash floods.
Subsections found in Fire
- Ignition : A research assessment of wildland arson is provided.
- Severity & Spread : Explore the severity and spread of fire by way of models and risk analyses.
- Post-Fire : Examine a post-fire model application case study.
Encyclopedia ID: p3266
