Assessing Fire Regimes in the Paraguayan Chaco: Implications for Ecological and Fire Management
This study analyzed the fire regime in the highly diverse Paraguayan Chaco, focusing on different aspects of fire patterns, including spatial (area burned) and temporal (frequency) aspects and magnitude (severity). We focused on fire as it is a natural phenomenon that drives ecosystem change and has...
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| author | Vidal-Riveros, Cristina Watler Reyes, William J Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange Souza-Alonso, Pablo |
| author_browse | Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange Souza-Alonso, Pablo Vidal-Riveros, Cristina Watler Reyes, William J |
| author_facet | Vidal-Riveros, Cristina Watler Reyes, William J Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange Souza-Alonso, Pablo |
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| description | This study analyzed the fire regime in the highly diverse Paraguayan Chaco, focusing on different aspects of fire patterns, including spatial (area burned) and temporal (frequency) aspects and magnitude (severity). We focused on fire as it is a natural phenomenon that drives ecosystem change and has significant economic, ecological and social impacts of particular concern in vulnerable ecosystems. Using the K-means clustering technique, we identified four distinct fire regimes in the study region: High (H), Moderately High (MH), Moderately Low (ML) and Low (L). On the one hand, the Dry Chaco predominantly featured Low and Moderately High regimes, characterized by a low fire frequency due to arid conditions. On the other hand, the Humid Chaco was particularly affected by agricultural burning, driven by extensive livestock activity and higher biomass productivity. Finally, in the Pantanal, the variations in fire intensity were influenced by flood pulses and rainfall patterns. Our findings highlight the distinct fire regimes across the Paraguayan Chaco and detail the differences in the regimes. The study’s findings are valuable for developing efficient management strategies that account for fire behaviour during agricultural burning in this poorly studied region. |
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| spelling | RepoCATIE126822024-10-18T01:20:32Z Assessing Fire Regimes in the Paraguayan Chaco: Implications for Ecological and Fire Management Vidal-Riveros, Cristina Watler Reyes, William J Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange Souza-Alonso, Pablo Incendio||fires||incêndio||incendie Comportamiento del fuego||fire behaviour||undefined||comportement du feu Régimen de incendios||fire regimes||undefined||régime des incendies Ecología del fuego||fire ecology||Ecologia do fogo||écologie du feu Paraguay||Paraguay||Paraguai||Paraguay Sede Central ODS 15 - Vida de ecosistemas terrestres This study analyzed the fire regime in the highly diverse Paraguayan Chaco, focusing on different aspects of fire patterns, including spatial (area burned) and temporal (frequency) aspects and magnitude (severity). We focused on fire as it is a natural phenomenon that drives ecosystem change and has significant economic, ecological and social impacts of particular concern in vulnerable ecosystems. Using the K-means clustering technique, we identified four distinct fire regimes in the study region: High (H), Moderately High (MH), Moderately Low (ML) and Low (L). On the one hand, the Dry Chaco predominantly featured Low and Moderately High regimes, characterized by a low fire frequency due to arid conditions. On the other hand, the Humid Chaco was particularly affected by agricultural burning, driven by extensive livestock activity and higher biomass productivity. Finally, in the Pantanal, the variations in fire intensity were influenced by flood pulses and rainfall patterns. Our findings highlight the distinct fire regimes across the Paraguayan Chaco and detail the differences in the regimes. The study’s findings are valuable for developing efficient management strategies that account for fire behaviour during agricultural burning in this poorly studied region. 2024-10-16T15:58:14Z 2024-10-16T15:58:14Z 2024-09-29 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12682 openAccess en Fire https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7100347 10 páginas application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Incendio||fires||incêndio||incendie Comportamiento del fuego||fire behaviour||undefined||comportement du feu Régimen de incendios||fire regimes||undefined||régime des incendies Ecología del fuego||fire ecology||Ecologia do fogo||écologie du feu Paraguay||Paraguay||Paraguai||Paraguay Sede Central ODS 15 - Vida de ecosistemas terrestres Vidal-Riveros, Cristina Watler Reyes, William J Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange Souza-Alonso, Pablo Assessing Fire Regimes in the Paraguayan Chaco: Implications for Ecological and Fire Management |
| title | Assessing Fire Regimes in the Paraguayan Chaco: Implications for Ecological and Fire Management |
| title_full | Assessing Fire Regimes in the Paraguayan Chaco: Implications for Ecological and Fire Management |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Fire Regimes in the Paraguayan Chaco: Implications for Ecological and Fire Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Fire Regimes in the Paraguayan Chaco: Implications for Ecological and Fire Management |
| title_short | Assessing Fire Regimes in the Paraguayan Chaco: Implications for Ecological and Fire Management |
| title_sort | assessing fire regimes in the paraguayan chaco implications for ecological and fire management |
| topic | Incendio||fires||incêndio||incendie Comportamiento del fuego||fire behaviour||undefined||comportement du feu Régimen de incendios||fire regimes||undefined||régime des incendies Ecología del fuego||fire ecology||Ecologia do fogo||écologie du feu Paraguay||Paraguay||Paraguai||Paraguay Sede Central ODS 15 - Vida de ecosistemas terrestres |
| url | https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12682 |
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