The same in the ecosystem "Fynbos" in the Southern tip of Africa where I live. Some of the plant's seeds won't germinate in the absence of smoke. See https://depts.washington.edu/propplnt/2003guidelines/group1/Smoke%20Infusion.htm
On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 at 20:06, Gary Schiltz <[email protected]> wrote: > I couldn't have said it better myself. Fires are very much a part of dry > land ecosystems. The only reason they are "catastrophic" is that they have > been suppressed in the US for the last century or so. > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 12:32 PM cody dooderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I might be entering into this conversation out of context. I have seen >> a lot of forest fire conversations on FRIAM but have been too lazy to read >> them. Also I am not an ecologist. >> I disagree that wildfires are *always* the last step before >> desertification. Forests go through cycles, often called ecological >> successions, and often successions include fire. A lot of experts agree >> that frequent low intensity wildfires promote biodiversity. The western >> United States has been effectively putting out wildfires for about the last >> century, which led to dense monocultures that are prime for large >> destructive fires. It is believed that before our intervention the forests >> were thinner and burned more often. Historic fires were lower intensity and >> burned in more of a mosaic pattern. That mosaic pattern of burned >> landscapes is a significant contributor to biodiversity. A mature forest >> harbors different kinds of organisms than does a freshly burned one or one >> in an intermediate stage of growth. When there is a mosaic pattern of say >> grassland and mature forest, the forest is usually much more diverse. When >> a forest is more diverse it is healthier, usually. >> >> Cody Smith >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 7:30 AM Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wildfires are the last step before desertification. We need to prevent >>> it confine them. Is it possible to increase the accuracy of wildfire >>> predictions using machine learning? >>> >>> https://towardsdatascience.com/anticipating-wildfires-with-machine-learning-tools-5eb43b450d36 >>> >>> -J. >>> >>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
- .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
