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Lightning-ignited Fire

Lightning-Ignited Fire is a naturally occurring wildfire initiated by atmospheric lightning discharges, distinguished from other wildfires by its abiotic ignition source and its role in maintaining fire-adapted ecosystems through recurrent, unplanned combustion events.

124

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9.8K

Citations

357

Authors

198

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

49

Variants

Lightning-caused Fire

Parents

Publications

124

Increasing western US forest wildfire activity: sensitivity to changes in the timing of spring

A. L. Westerling · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2016 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Lightning as a major driver of recent large fire years in North American boreal forests

Sander Veraverbeke, Brendan M. Rogers, Mike Goulden et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2017 · 504 citations · Full text

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Lightning Fires in a Brazilian Savanna National Park: Rethinking Management Strategies

Mario B. Ramos-Neto, Vânia Regina Pivello · Environmental Management · 2000 · 391 citations

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Alaska’s changing fire regime — implications for the vulnerability of its boreal forestsThis article is one of a selection of papers from The Dynamics of Change in Alaska’s Boreal Forests: Resilience and Vulnerability in Response to Climate Warming.

Eric S. Kasischke, David L. Verbyla, T. Scott Rupp et al. · Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 2010 · 381 citations

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Impacts of fire exclusion and recent managed fire on forest structure in old growth Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests

Brandon M. Collins, Richard G. Everett, Scott L. Stephens · Ecosphere · 2011 · 245 citations · Full text

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Authors

357

  1. JT
    John T. Abatzoglou

    University of Idaho, United States

    6 publications · 407 citations

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  2. FJ
    Francisco J. Pérez‐Invernón

    Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain

    6 publications · 215 citations

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  3. NP
    Nicolau Pineda

    Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, Spain

    6 publications · 197 citations

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  4. HH
    Heidi Huntrieser

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Germany

    5 publications · 193 citations

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  5. MF
    Mike Flannigan

    Canadian Forest Service, Canada

    5 publications · 330 citations

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Institutions

198

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    5.4K citations

  2. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

    Barcelona, Spain

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    351 citations

  3. Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

    Granada, Spain

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    359 citations

  4. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    500 citations

  5. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    326 citations

  6. Agencia Estatal de Meteorología

    Madrid, Spain

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    403 citations

  7. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    893 citations

  8. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    950 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Wildland Fire

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

    14

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  2. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

    10 publications · 521 citations

    10

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  3. Canadian Journal of Forest Research

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Fire

    7 publications · 331 citations

    7

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  5. Forest Ecology and Management

    4 publications · 278 citations

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