Articles | Volume 22, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2981-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2981-2022
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09 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 09 Sep 2022

Global assessment and mapping of ecological vulnerability to wildfires

Fátima Arrogante-Funes, Inmaculada Aguado, and Emilio Chuvieco

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We show that ecological value might be reduced by 50 % due to fire perturbation in ecosystems that have not developed in the presence of fire and/or that present changes in the fire regime. The biomes most affected are tropical and subtropical forests, tundra, and mangroves. Integration of biotic and abiotic fire regime and regeneration factors resulted in a powerful way to map ecological vulnerability to fire and develop assessments to generate adaptation plans of management in forest masses.
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