NDLI: Planning and assessing the effectiveness of traditional silvicultural treatments for mitigating wildfire hazard in pine woodlands of Greece

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Author	Zagas, Th. Raptis, D. Zagas, D. Karamalis, D.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	In the current paper, an attempt is being made to present and assess the effectiveness of traditional silvicultural treatments in mitigating wildfire initiation and spread, in a typical Mediterranean forest which is located in Vartholomio, southern Greece. The proposed silvicultural interventions combine thinning and pruning, in various levels of intensity at strategic points creating shaded fuelbreaks, in order to successfully support wildfire suppression actions. NEXUS software was applied in an effort to assess the effectiveness of the proposed silvicultural treatments. The results clearly showed that conventional silvicultural treatments may drastically reduce critical characteristics of a potential wildfire. The number of historic ignitions and the flammability of the forest species reveal the vulnerability of the specific forest against wildfire occurrences. On the contrary, its protective role against desertification is of paramount importance; thus, the minimization of wildfire threat constitutes a priority action.
Starting Page	545
Ending Page	561
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0921030X
Journal	Natural Hazards
Volume Number	65
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15730840
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-09-16
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Silviculture Wildfire hazard Sand dunes Fire protection Peloponnesus NEXUS Geophysics/Geodesy Environmental Management Civil Engineering Natural Hazards Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences Hydrogeology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atmospheric Science Water Science and Technology

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