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Is fire always the “bad guy”?

dc.contributor.authorFidelis, Alessandra [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-12T01:23:10Z
dc.date.available2020-12-12T01:23:10Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-01
dc.description.abstractMuch distortion about the real role of fire in different ecosystems exists, mostly because fire events attract media attention, usually focusing on the negative aspects of fire. In the perception of the general public, fire events are usually linked to disasters that affect humans in several ways, from losses of lives to negative effects on human well-being. However, while some ecosystems are fire-sensitive and fire will thus bring more negative than positive effects (e.g. in tropical rain forests), other systems are fire-prone and depend on fire in their existence and ecological characteristics (e.g. in savannas). In this paper, I show the different sides of fire, trying to elucidate its evolutionary and ecological role in fire-prone ecosystems and the consequences of wildfires in fire-sensitive ecosystems. Finally, I make a case for the need to debate how the misinterpretation of the role of fire as being always the “bad guy” can threaten fire-prone, but protect fire-sensitive vegetation.en
dc.description.affiliationLab of Vegetation Ecology Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Av. 24A, 1515
dc.description.affiliationUnespLab of Vegetation Ecology Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Av. 24A, 1515
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2015/06743-0
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 303988/2018-5
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2020.151611
dc.identifier.citationFlora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, v. 268.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.flora.2020.151611
dc.identifier.issn0367-2530
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85084676107
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/198833
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFlora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectFire management
dc.subjectFire-prone ecosystems
dc.subjectFire-sensitive ecosystems
dc.subjectSavannas
dc.subjectTropical rain forests
dc.subjectWildfire
dc.titleIs fire always the “bad guy”?en
dc.typeArtigo
dspace.entity.typePublication

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