DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.033
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84874969578
论文题名: A comparison of Canadian and Russian boreal forest fire regimes
作者: De Groot W.J. ; Cantin A.S. ; Flannigan M.D. ; Soja A.J. ; Gowman L.M. ; Newbery A.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2013
卷: 294 起始页码: 23
结束页码: 34
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Carbon emissions
; Fire behaviour
; Fire ecology
; Fire weather
; Fuels
Scopus关键词: Annual area burned
; Carbon emissions
; Circumpolar regions
; Fire behaviour
; Fire ecology
; Fire return intervals
; Fire weather
; Quantitative comparison
; Computer simulation
; Deforestation
; Digital storage
; Ecology
; Fuels
; Fires
; boreal forest
; carbon emission
; comparative study
; data set
; disturbance
; forest fire
; forest floor
; forest management
; frequency analysis
; fuel consumption
; numerical model
; Carbon
; Deforestation
; Ecology
; Emission
; Forest Fires
; Fuels
; Canada
; Russian Federation
英文摘要: Boreal forest dynamics are largely driven by disturbance, and fire is a prevalent force of change across the boreal circumpolar region. North American and Eurasian boreal fire regimes are known to be very different but there are few quantitative comparison studies. Russian and Canadian boreal fire regimes are compared using fire weather, fire statistics, fire behaviour, and C emissions data from two large study areas. Fuel consumption, head fire intensity, and C emissions were modelled using fire weather data, fuels data and burned area polygons for all large (200+ha) fires that occurred in the study areas during 2001-2007. Fire behaviour and C emissions of each large fire were simulated with the Canadian Fire Effects Model (CanFIRE) using fuel type and fuel load data of the burned areas, and Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System parameters, as interpolated to the fire from the weather station network on the average active fire date. In the Russian study area located in central Siberia, there was an annual average of 1441.9 large fires per 100Mha of forest land that burned 1.89Mha (average large fire size=1312ha, mean fire return interval=52.9years) with an average fire intensity of 4858kWm-1. In the western Canada study area, there was an annual average of 93.7 large fires per 100Mha of forest land that burned 0.56Mha of forest (average large fire size=5930ha, mean fire return interval=179.9years) with an average fire intensity of 6047kWm-1. The 2001-2007 fire size distribution and annual area burned in the Canadian study area were very similar to 1970-2009 statistics, although large fire frequency was higher and average large fire size was smaller. Similar long-term fire statistics for Russia currently do not exist for comparison. The C emissions rate (tha-1 of burned area) was 53% higher in the Canadian study area due to higher pre-burn forest floor fuel loads and higher fuel consumption by crown fires. However, the Russian study area had much higher total C emissions (per 100Mha of forest area) because of greater annual area burned. The Russian C emissions estimate in this study is likely conservative due to low forest floor fuel load estimates in available datasets. Fire regime differences are discussed in terms of fuel, weather, and fire ecology. © 2012. Citation statistics:
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作者单位: Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, 1219 Queen St. East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 2E5, Canada; University of Alberta, Dept. of Renewable Resources, 713A General Services Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H1, Canada; National Institute of Aerospace, NASA Langley Research Center, Climate Science and Chemistry and Dynamics Branches, 21 Langley Boulevard, Mail Stop 420, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, United States
Recommended Citation:
De Groot W.J.,Cantin A.S.,Flannigan M.D.,et al. A comparison of Canadian and Russian boreal forest fire regimes[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2013-01-01,294