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Wildfires in the Siberian taiga

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The majority of area burned by wildfire are located in Siberia. Mainly low-intensity surface fires occur in larch forests, whereas in evergreen forests both surface and crown fires are observed. Warming has led to an increase in the frequency and area of wildfires that have reached the Arctic Ocean shore. However, wildfires are the most important factor in taiga dynamics; larch and Scots pine have evolved under conditions of periodic forest fires, thereby gaining a competitive advantage over non-fire adapted species; in the permafrost zone, periodic fires are a prerequisite for the dominance of larch. Wildfires support ecosystem health, biodiversity, and conservation; periodic wildfires decrease the danger of catastrophic wildfires. With an amplified rate of increase in fires, it is necessary to focus fire suppression on areas of high social, natural, and economic value, while allowing a greater number of wildfires to burn in the vast Siberian forest landscapes.

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Acknowledgements

This study is supported in part by RFBR projects No. 18-05-00432 and No. 18-41-242003.

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  1. Sukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036

    Viacheslav I. Kharuk, Evgenii I. Ponomarev, Galina A. Ivanova & Maria L. Dvinskaya

  2. Siberian Federal University, Svobodny str.79, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660041

    Viacheslav I. Kharuk & Evgenii I. Ponomarev

  3. Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H1, Canada

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Kharuk, V.I., Ponomarev, E.I., Ivanova, G.A. et al. Wildfires in the Siberian taiga. Ambio 50, 1953–1974 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01490-x

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