Wildfires as an ecosystem service

Wildfires as an ecosystem service

Wildfires are often perceived as destructive disturbances, but we propose that when integrating evolutionary and socioecological factors, fires in most ecosystems can be understood as natural processes that provide a variety of benefits to humankind. Wildfires generate open habitats that enable the evolution of a diversity of shade‐intolerant plants and animals that have long benefited humans. There are many provisioning, regulating, and cultural services that people obtain from wildfires, and prescribed fires and wildfire management are tools for mimicking the ancestral role of wildfires in an increasingly populated world.

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Main Authors: Pausas, J. G., Keeley, J. E.
Other Authors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Format: artículo biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Ecological Society of America 2019-06
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/183219
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003359
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spelling dig-cide-es-10261-1832192019-10-01T12:33:13Z Wildfires as an ecosystem service Pausas, J. G. Keeley, J. E. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Generalitat Valenciana Pausas, J. G. [0000-0003-3533-5786] Wildfires are often perceived as destructive disturbances, but we propose that when integrating evolutionary and socioecological factors, fires in most ecosystems can be understood as natural processes that provide a variety of benefits to humankind. Wildfires generate open habitats that enable the evolution of a diversity of shade‐intolerant plants and animals that have long benefited humans. There are many provisioning, regulating, and cultural services that people obtain from wildfires, and prescribed fires and wildfire management are tools for mimicking the ancestral role of wildfires in an increasingly populated world. This work was performed under the framework of the Spanish Government's FILAS project (CGL2015‐64086‐P) and the PROMETEO/2016/021 project of the Generalitat Valenciana. We thank JM Kane and T Kimball for comments on the manuscript. Peer reviewed 2019-06-04T07:01:55Z 2019-06-04T07:01:55Z 2019-06 artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(5): 289-295 (2019) 1540-9295 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/183219 10.1002/fee.2044 1540-9309 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003359 en #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2015‐64086‐P Publisher's version http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2044 Sí open Ecological Society of America
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description Wildfires are often perceived as destructive disturbances, but we propose that when integrating evolutionary and socioecological factors, fires in most ecosystems can be understood as natural processes that provide a variety of benefits to humankind. Wildfires generate open habitats that enable the evolution of a diversity of shade‐intolerant plants and animals that have long benefited humans. There are many provisioning, regulating, and cultural services that people obtain from wildfires, and prescribed fires and wildfire management are tools for mimicking the ancestral role of wildfires in an increasingly populated world.
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