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Integrating plant physiology into simulation of fire behavior and effects Dickman, L. Turin; Jonko, Alexandra K.; Linn, Rodman R.; Altintas, Ilkay; Atchley, Adam L.; Bär, Andreas; Collins, Adam D.; Dupuy, Jean-Luc; Gallagher, Michael R.; Hiers, J. Kevin; Hoffman, Chad M.; Hood, Sharon M.; Hurteau, Matthew D.; Jolly, W. Matt; Josephson, Alexander; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Ma, Wu; Michaletz, Sean T.; Nolan, Rachael H.; O'Brien, Joseph J.; Parsons, Russell A.; Partelli-Feltrin, Raquel; Pimont, François; de Dios, Víctor Resco; Restaino, Joseph; Robbins, Zachary J.; Sartor, Karla A.; Schultz-Fellenz, Emily; Serbin, Shawn P.; Sevanto, Sanna; Shuman, Jacquelyn K.; Sieg, Carolyn H.; Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Weise, David R.; Wright, Molly; Xu, Chonggang; Yebra, Marta; Younes, Nicolas
Abstract
Wildfires are a global crisis, but current fire models fail to capture vegetation response to changing climate. With drought and elevated temperature increasing the importance of vegetation dynamics to fire behavior, and the advent of next generation models capable of capturing increasingly complex physical processes, we provide a renewed focus on representation of woody vegetation in fire models. Currently, the most advanced representations of fire behavior and biophysical fire effects are found in distinct classes of fine-scale models and do not capture variation in live fuel (i.e. living plant) properties. We demonstrate that plant water and carbon dynamics, which influence combustion and heat transfer into the plant and often dictate plant survival, provide the mechanistic linkage between fire behavior and effects. Our conceptual framework linking remotely sensed estimates of plant water and carbon to fine-scale models of fire behavior and effects could be a critical first step toward improving the fidelity of the coarse scale models that are now relied upon for global fire forecasting. This process-based approach will be essential to capturing the influence of physiological responses to drought and warming on live fuel conditions, strengthening the science needed to guide fire managers in an uncertain future.
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Integrating plant physiology into simulation of fire behavior and effects
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Dickman, L. Turin; Jonko, Alexandra K.; Linn, Rodman R.; Altintas, Ilkay; Atchley, Adam L.; Bär, Andreas; Collins, Adam D.; Dupuy, Jean-Luc; Gallagher, Michael R.; Hiers, J. Kevin; Hoffman, Chad M.; Hood, Sharon M.; Hurteau, Matthew D.; Jolly, W. Matt; Josephson, Alexander; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Ma, Wu; Michaletz, Sean T.; Nolan, Rachael H.; O'Brien, Joseph J.; Parsons, Russell A.; Partelli-Feltrin, Raquel; Pimont, François; de Dios, Víctor Resco; Restaino, Joseph; Robbins, Zachary J.; Sartor, Karla A.; Schultz-Fellenz, Emily; Serbin, Shawn P.; Sevanto, Sanna; Shuman, Jacquelyn K.; Sieg, Carolyn H.; Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Weise, David R.; Wright, Molly; Xu, Chonggang; Yebra, Marta; Younes, Nicolas
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2023-01-24
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Wildfires are a global crisis, but current fire models fail to capture vegetation response to
changing climate. With drought and elevated temperature increasing the importance of
vegetation dynamics to fire behavior, and the advent of next generation models capable of
capturing increasingly complex physical processes, we provide a renewed focus on representation
of woody vegetation in fire models. Currently, the most advanced representations of fire
behavior and biophysical fire effects are found in distinct classes of fine-scale models and do not
capture variation in live fuel (i.e. living plant) properties. We demonstrate that plant water and
carbon dynamics, which influence combustion and heat transfer into the plant and often dictate
plant survival, provide the mechanistic linkage between fire behavior and effects. Our
conceptual framework linking remotely sensed estimates of plant water and carbon to fine-scale
models of fire behavior and effects could be a critical first step toward improving the fidelity of the
coarse scale models that are now relied upon for global fire forecasting. This process-based
approach will be essential to capturing the influence of physiological responses to drought and
warming on live fuel conditions, strengthening the science needed to guide fire managers in an
uncertain future.
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eng
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2025-03-11
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0448183
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Dickman, L.T., Jonko, A.K., Linn, R.R., Altintas, I., Atchley, A.L., Bär, A., Collins, A.D., Dupuy, J.-L., Gallagher, M.R., Hiers, J.K., Hoffman, C.M., Hood, S.M., Hurteau, M.D., Jolly, W.M., Josephson, A., Loudermilk, E.L., Ma, W., Michaletz, S.T., Nolan, R.H., O'Brien, J.J., Parsons, R.A., Partelli-Feltrin, R., Pimont, F., Resco de Dios, V., Restaino, J., Robbins, Z.J., Sartor, K.A., Schultz-Fellenz, E., Serbin, S.P., Sevanto, S., Shuman, J.K., Sieg, C.H., Skowronski, N.S., Weise, D.R., Wright, M., Xu, C., Yebra, M. and Younes, N. (2023), Integrating plant physiology into simulation of fire behavior and effects. New Phytol, 238: 952-970.
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10.1111/nph.18770
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Reviewed
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Faculty; Researcher; Postdoctoral
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