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We present data from a study of early conifer regeneration and fuel loads after the 2002 Biscuit Fire, Oregon, USA, with and without postfire logging. Natural conifer regeneration was abundant after the high-severity fire. Postfire logging reduced median regeneration density by 71%, significantly increased downed woody fuels, and thus increased short-term fire risk. Additional reduction of fuels is necessary for effective mitigation of fire risk. Postfire logging can be counterproductive to the goals of forest regenration and fuel reduction.(伐木增加燃料,可能对森林再生的目标产生反作用)
Recent increases in wildfire activity in the United States have intensified controversies surrounding the management of public forests after large fires. The view that postfire (salvage) logging diminishes fire risk via fuel reduction and that forests will not adequately regenerate without intervention, including logging and planting, is widely held and commonly cited. An alternate view maintains that postfire logging is detrimental to long-term forest development, wildlife habitat, and other ecosystem functions. Scientific data directly informing this debate are lacking.(第一种广泛运用的观点主张干预;第二种认为伐木有害)
Postfire logging significantly increased both fine and coarse downed woody fuel loads.(火灾后伐木增加燃料负荷) This wood was composed of unmerchantable material (e.g., branches), and far exceeded expectations for fuel loads generated by postfire logging. In terms of short-term fire risk, a reburn in logged stands would likely exhibit elevated rates of fire spread, fireline intensity, and soil heating impacts.
Postfire logging alone was notably incongruent with(与...不一致) fuel reduction goals.(仅仅火灾后伐木与减少燃料的目标明显不一致) Fuel reduction treatments (prescribed burning or mechanical removal) are frequently intended after postfire logging, including in the Biscuit plan, but resources to complete them are often limited. Our study underscores that, after logging, the mitigation of short-term fire risk is not possible without subsequent fuel reduction treatments. However, implementing these treatments is also problematic. Mechanical removal is generally precluded by its expense, leaving prescribed burning as the most feasible method. This will result in additional seedling mortality and potentially severe soil impacts caused by long-duration combustion of logging-generated fuel loads. Therefore, the lowest fire risk strategy may be to leave dead trees standing as long as possible (where they are less available to surface flames), allowing for aerial decay and slow, episodic input to surface fuel loads over decades.(提出仅仅伐木是不行的,需要减少燃料--但是机械去除和燃烧都是有缺陷的方法--因此提出让死树自然腐烂的方法)
Our data show that postfire logging, by removing naturally seeded conifers and increasing surface fuel loads, can be counterproductive to goals of forest regeneration and fuel reduction. In addition, forest regeneration is not necessarily in crisis across all burned forest landscapes.
森林再生和减少燃料的目标产生反作用。此外,不一定处于危机之中 |
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