Minchao Wu
Researcher
Modeling vegetation and ecosystem responses to climate change and fire regime
Author
Editor
- José M. Moreno
Summary, in English
Climatic fire danger will likely increase because more droughts and heat-waves are caused by climate change. Climate change can shift fires from occurring only rarely to regularly in ecosystems not until now adapted to fire. We applied dynamic vegetation-fire models to investigate these future responses. The future of fire in Mediterranean-type ecosystems depends strongly on changes in vegetation productivity, thus fuel availability, if burned area increases as much as fire danger. Temperate ecosystems might be exposed to Mediterranean-like fire regimes. In high altitudes, Mediterranean trees might migrate up-hill and cause feedbacks between diversity and fire under climate change.
Department/s
- Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
Publishing year
2014-01-01
Language
English
Pages
32-33
Publication/Series
Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world
Links
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
FUME
Topic
- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Status
Published
Project
- Land-atmosphere interactions and regional Earth system dynamics due to natural and anthropogenic vegetation changes
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-84-695-9759-0