Fire deficit increases wildfire risk for many communities in the Canadian boreal forest

Marc-André Parisien (), Quinn E. Barber, Kelvin G. Hirsch, Christopher A. Stockdale, Sandy Erni, Xianli Wang, Dominique Arseneault and Sean A. Parks
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Marc-André Parisien: Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre
Quinn E. Barber: Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre
Kelvin G. Hirsch: Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre
Christopher A. Stockdale: Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre
Sandy Erni: Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Xianli Wang: Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Dominique Arseneault: Université du Québec à Rimouski
Sean A. Parks: Rocky Mountain Research Station

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The top priority of fire management agencies in Canada is to protect human life and property. Here we investigate if decades of aggressive fire suppression in the boreal biome of Canada has reduced the proportion of recently burned forests (RBF;

Date: 2020
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