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Fire effects on belowground sustainability: a review and synthesis
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In this article, a general review of the effects of fire on belowground systems with emphasis placed on the changes in physical, biogeochemical and biological properties of soils and the resulting consequences these changes have for ecosystem sustainability.About:
This article is published in Forest Ecology and Management.The article was published on 1999-09-13. It has received 1485 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ecosystem.read more
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Fire intensity, fire severity and burn severity: a brief review and suggested usage
TL;DR: In this article, the authors have suggested replacing the terminology of fire intensity and fire severity with a more appropriate one, which is defined as ecosystem impacts from fire and thus is open to individual interpretation.
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Wildfire as a hydrological and geomorphological agent
TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes current knowledge and identifies research gaps focusing particularly on the contribution of research from the Mediterranean Basin, Australia and South Africa over the last two decades or so to the state of knowledge mostly built on research carried out in the USA.
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Remote sensing techniques to assess active fire characteristics and post-fire effects
Leigh B. Lentile,Zachary A. Holden,Alistair M. S. Smith,Michael J. Falkowski,Andrew T. Hudak,Penelope Morgan,Sarah A. Lewis,Paul E. Gessler,Nate Benson +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive review of current and potential remote sensing methods used to assess fire behavior and effects and ecological responses to fire is provided, as well as the potential and limitations of a variety of approaches for remotely measuring active fires and their post-fire ecological effects.
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How does fire affect the nature and stability of soil organic nitrogen and carbon? A review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest a concept in which char is a heterogeneous mixture of heat-altered biopolymers with domains of relatively small polyaromatic clusters, but considerable substitution with N, O and S functional groups.
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Are wildfires a disaster in the Mediterranean basin? – A review
TL;DR: In this article, a review of studies on post-fire plant regeneration and soil losses in the Mediterranean basin is presented, which suggests that although many Mediterranean ecosystems are highly resilient to fire, some are fire-sensitive (e.g. pine woodlands).
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The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics.
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Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of the role of soil in the formation and evolution of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry in Perspective, as well as its relationship with Soil Organisms.
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Carbon pools and flux of global forest ecosystems.
Robert K. Dixon,Allen M. Solomon,Sandra Brown,Richard A. Houghton,M. C. Trexier,J. Wisniewski +5 more
TL;DR: Slowing deforestation, combined with an increase in forestation and other management measures to improve forest ecosystem productivity, could conserve or sequester significant quantities of carbon.