| Fire regimes, fire ecology, and fire management in Mexico. | |
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PMID: 19205177 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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I propose several broad fire regimes and provide an analysis of fire ecology for the principal vegetation types in Mexico. Forty percent of Mexican ecosystems are fire-dependent (pine forests, several oak forests, grasslands, several shrublands, savannas, palm lands, wet prairies, "popal" and "tular" swamps), 50% are fire-sensitive (tropical rain forests and tropical seasonal forests, tropical cloud forests, mangrove, fir forests, several oak forests, and several shrublands), and the remaining 10% fall into fire-influenced (such as several gallery forests) and fire-independent categories (shrublands in most xeric environments, very high-altitude prairies). I also present an analysis of current fire-management trends, highlighting the trend toward integral fire management, which merges prevention and control, community-based fire management, and ecological fire management. |
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Authors:
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Dante Arturo Rodríguez Trejo |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Ambio Volume: 37 ISSN: 0044-7447 ISO Abbreviation: Ambio Publication Date: 2008 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-02-11 Completed Date: 2009-02-26 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0364220 Medline TA: Ambio Country: Sweden |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 548-56 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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División de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, México. dantearturo@yahoo.com |
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Conservation of Natural Resources
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trends* Ecology* Ecosystem* Fires* Mexico Trees |
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