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ArticleAmbio2021

Wildfires in the Siberian taiga.

Viacheslav I Kharuk, Evgenii I Ponomarev, Galina A Ivanova, Maria L Dvinskaya, Sean C P Coogan, Mike D Flannigan

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Article in Ambio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
22.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 249 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Viacheslav I KharukSukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036. v7sib@mail.ru.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4736-0655
Evgenii I PonomarevSukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036.
Galina A IvanovaSukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036.
Maria L DvinskayaSukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036.
Sean C P CooganDepartment of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H1, Canada.
Mike D FlanniganDepartment of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H1, Canada.
Sukachev Institute of Forest · RUUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

Российский Фонд Фундаментальных Исследований (РФФИ) (RU) RFFI projects No. 18-05-00432 and №18-41-242003.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

Indexed as

FiresWildfiresEcosystemForestsSiberiaTaigaForest firesSiberian wildfireWildfire dynamicsWildfire impacts in SiberiaWildfire in permafrost zone

Identifiers

PMID33512668
PMCPMC8497666
OpenAlexW3124797477

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