TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Fuel reduction burning mitigates wildfire effects on forest carbon and greenhouse gas emission
JO  - International journal of wildland fire
A1  - Volkova, Liubov
A1  - Meyer, C. P. (Mick)
A1  - Murphy, Simon
A1  - Fairman, Thomas
A1  - Reisen, Fabienne
A1  - Weston, Christopher
SP  - 771
EP  - 780
VL  - 23
IS  - 6
N2  - A high-intensity wildfire burnt through a dry Eucalyptus forest in south-eastern Australia that had been fuel reduced with fire 3 months prior, presenting a unique opportunity to measure the effects of fuel reduction (FR) on forest carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from wildfires at the start of the fuel accumulation cycle. Less than 3% of total forest carbon to 30-cm soil depth was transferred to the atmosphere in FR burning; the subsequent wildfire transferred a further 6% to the atmosphere. There was a 9% loss in carbon for the FR-wildfire sequence. In nearby forest, last burnt 25 years previously, the wildfire burning transferred 16% of forest carbon to the atmosphere and was characterised by more complete combustion of all fuels and less surface charcoal deposition, compared with fuel-reduced forest. Compared to the fuel-reduced forests, release of non-CO2 GHG doubled following wildfire in long-unburnt forest. Although this is the maximum emission mitigation likely within a planned burning cycle, it suggests a significant potential for FR burns to mitigate GHG emissions in forests at high risk from wildfires.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-8001
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF14009
ID  - ref1
ER  -