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megafire: a standalone construct

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megafire1 CONSTRUCTMegafireSTEPHENS · WILDFIRE SCIENCE

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Wildfire science

an exceptionally large and severe wildfire whose extent, intensity and effects exceed historical norms and overwhelm suppression and ecosystem recovery.

In wildfire science, megafire refers to an exceptionally large and severe wildfire whose extent, intensity and effects exceed historical norms and overwhelm suppression and ecosystem recovery. This meaning comes from Stephens (2014) in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.[1]

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References

  1. Stephens, S. L., Burrows, N., Buyantuyev, A., Gray, R. W., Keane, R. E., Kubian, R., Liu, S., Seijo, F., Shu, L., Tolhurst, K. G., & van Wagtendonk, J. W. (2014). Temperate and boreal forest mega‐fires: characteristics and challenges. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12(2), 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1890/120332

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