The Use of Fire in Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Management
A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255). This special issue belongs to the section "Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 2330
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wildland fire behavior; wildland fire management; prescribed fire; forest management; forest carbon; silviculture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fire has been a natural disturbance that occurs in forest ecosystems and has been part of the forest ecosystem dynamics since the beginning of forests and fire. Some forest ecosystems over time have adapted to the occurrence of fire by developing mechanisms of protection to insure that the species regenerates following fire. Through this evolution of adaptation some forest ecosystems have become fire dependent, either requiring fire for regenerative purposes or for maintaining its presence on the landscape. However, fire has long been viewed as a destructive agent of forests, and many efforts have been made to protect forests from fire. This subsequent alteration or disruption of the natural fire regimes have disrupted the natural processes under which forests have developed. This has resulted in changes in the structure and composition of forests, and in the associated dynamics that keep forests healthy. Forests that rely upon fire to regenerate or maintain its presence on the landscape have slowly diminished. Research is needed to better understand how fire can be reintroduced back into these ecosystems effectively and how fire can best be used in management to restore and maintain fire dependent ecosystems. Accordingly, the scope of this issue to present current research on the use of fire in restoration and management efforts, and the lessons learned from both successes and failures.
Dr. Roger Williams
Dr. Charles Goebel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- prescribed fire
- ecosystem restoration
- fire effects
- fire regimes
- fire management
- ecosystem management
- forest management
