Paulo Fernandes
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Paulo Fernandes
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fire behaviour | fire ecology | fire management
Associate Professor at University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro,

Environmental science 63%
Engineering 16%

It burns fiercely should a canopy fire develops, as the foliage is flammable and relatively dry. It will also resprout strongly after fire

Mostly good fire doing ecological work
The Hollywood Reporter asked for 700 words for a special section on the fires they have just published. Something looking at the fire itself.So I repurposed some sentences on 'fire as biology' and gave the notion a long leash. Alas, the title is *not* mine. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/local-n...
What Fire Wants: Understanding the Enemy
What long has been considered merely a chemical reaction perhaps is best compared to another all-too-familiar scourge — a virus.
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Reposted by Paulo M. Fernandes

Extreme #wildfire behaviour: The 90th percentile of #firebehaviour metrics by broad fuel type placed on the fire characteristics chart of the USDA Forest Service. Data from the worldwide BONFIRE database.

Will be posted on Nero's website

Yes

Will be talking about #fuel & extreme #firebehaviour at the next NERO webinar
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NERO Network Café December– Understanding Fuel Characteristics and Their Role in Fire Behaviour – NERO
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I just went through the eucalypt-related links & found just 1 research paper but plenty of content reflecting the view of non-scientists and people strange to either fire or forest management

Not really, it's eucalypts vs almost everything else, but especially vs conifers, shrublands and evergreen oak forests. Forest structure & fuel load, rather than forest composition, govern wildfire behaviour & severity & this is increasingly true for increasingly more difficult fire weather

Thanks Tim, it seems to involve substantial effort but I will consider it

Less related w/fire, stating that litter decomposition is slow (it's midway between conifers & deciduous forests) and nothing grows underneath the trees (unmanaged stands often have dense understory vegetation).

Mostly the overall impression given by the article that eucalypts are behind all this wildfire activity. Saying that flammable chemicals concentration is high in litter & bark (it's high in live foliage, but most of it goes away, unlike conifer litter that retains resin).

I enjoyed reading it, but I wish these pieces could be informed by science (rather than perceptions/opinions) regarding fire & eucalypt plantations. Here, we thoroughly examined the relationships:

Not a bad read, but as usual a poorly informed piece regarding eucalypt plantations, e.g. claiming that nothing grows underneath the trees, that litter decomposes slowly, or that plantations increased fire risk, when it has been shown that is not the case.

Reposted by Paulo M. Fernandes

For anyone interested in cultural burning, Indigenous knowledge, and prescribed fire, looks like you can watch this free on local PBS or their app tomorrow. #fireismedicine
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