Agroforestry as a sustainable land use option to reduce wildfires risk in European Mediterranean areas
| Autor: | Michael den Herder, Andreas Papadopoulos, Anil Graves, Paul J. Burgess, Anastasia Pantera, Andrea Pisanelli, Sonja Kay, João H.N. Palma, Francesca Camilli, Christos Damianidis, J. J. Santiago-Freijanes, M. R. Mosquera-Losada, M. Rois-Díaz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Mediterranean climate Biodiversity land uses Land cover Vegetation types 01 natural sciences Ecosystems Shrubland Climate change Ecosystem geography geography.geographical_feature_category Land use Agroforestry business.industry vegetation types Forestry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Vegetation Management climate change Agriculture 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Land uses business ecosystems Agronomy and Crop Science management 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Agroforestry systems (Dordr., Online) (2020). doi:10.1007/s10457-020-00482-w info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Christos Damianidis . Jose Javier Santiago-Freijanes . Michael den Herder . Paul Burgess . Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada . Anil Graves . Andreas Papadopoulos . Andrea Pisanelli . Francesca Camilli . Mercedes Rois-Dìaz . Sonja Kay . Joao H. N. Palma . Anastasia Pantera/titolo:Agroforestry as a sustainable land use option to reduce wildfires risk in European Mediterranean areas/doi:10.1007%2Fs10457-020-00482-w/rivista:Agroforestry systems (Dordr., Online)/anno:2020/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10457-020-00482-w |
| Popis: | Wildfires have always been an integral part of the ecology of many terrestrial ecosystems, but their frequency is increasing in many parts of the world. Wildfires were once a natural phenomenon, but after humans learned to control fire, it has been used as a management tool to increase soil fertility, to regenerate natural vegetation for grazing and to control competing vegetation. However, currently uncontrolled wildfires threaten not only natural vegetation, landscape biodiversity, communities and economies, but they also release large amounts of carbon dioxide, thus contributing to global temperature increase. Higher temperatures and drier summers have increased the risk of wildfires in biodiversity rich areas of European Mediterranean countries and have resulted in human casualties. The aim of this article is to investigate whether agroforestry, the practice of integrating woody vegetation and agricultural crops and/or livestock, could be a management tool to reduce wildfires in European Mediterranean countries. Fire events from 2008 to 2017 and data of land cover and land use were spatially correlated. Results indicated that agroforestry areas had fewer wildfire incidents than forests, shrublands or grasslands, providing evidence of the potential of agroforestry to reduce fire risk and protect ecosystems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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