Keywords
fire regime
timber harvesting
fire reconstruction
disturbanceagents
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##article.highlights##
- Fire regimes of montane tropical conifer forests are explored.
- Timber harvesting is the disturbance agent with the greatest impact on fire regimes.
- The role of fire on natural regeneration of conifer forests is essential to ensure their permanence.
- Fire use as a forest management tool can contribute to forest conservation.
Abstract
Fire is a forest disturbance agent whose effects vary according to the natural fire regime, underwhich the species that inhabit it evolved. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of therole of fire in the regeneration of conifer forests. First, we review fire regimes and their effects ontree regeneration. Then, we describe the main methods for reconstructing fire regimes andexplore montane tropical conifer forest fire regimes. Finally, the possible effect of timberharvesting on fire regimes is described. It has been suggested that this activity is currently thedisturbance agent that has the greatest impact on fires regimes worldwide. In this review article,we propose that understanding the role of fire in the regeneration of conifer forests is essential toprevent catastrophic fires and that the use of this element as a forest management tool cancontribute to the conservation of the integrity of these forests.
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