List of works - Paulo M. Fernandes

A laboratory-based quantification of the effect of live fuel moisture content on fire spread rate

article by Carlos Rossa et al published 2016 in International Journal of Wildland Fire

A remote sensing assessment of oak forest recovery after postfire restoration

scientific article published on 8 March 2024

A review of prescribed burning effectiveness in fire hazard reduction

article

Addressing trade-offs among fuel management scenarios through a dynamic and spatial integrated approach for enhanced decision-making in eucalyptus forest

An Empirical Model for the Effect of Wind on Fire Spread Rate

Analysing eucalypt expansion in Portugal as a fire-regime modifier

scientific article published on 16 February 2019

Assessing the effect of a fuel break network to reduce burnt area and wildfire risk transmission

article

Bottom-Up Variables Govern Large-Fire Size in Portugal

article

Changes in wildfire severity from maritime pine woodland to contiguous forest types in the mountains of northwestern Portugal

article

Characteristics and controls of extremely large wildfires in the western Mediterranean Basin

scientific article

Climate regulation ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation are enhanced differently by climate- and fire-smart landscape management

scientific article published in 2022

Climate- and fire-smart landscape scenarios call for redesigning protection regimes to achieve multiple management goals

scientific article published in 2022

Cohesive fire management within an uncertain environment: A review of risk handling and decision support systems

article

Cork oak vulnerability to fire: the role of bark harvesting, tree characteristics and abiotic factors

scientific article

Deciphering the impact of uncertainty on the accuracy of large wildfire spread simulations

scientific article published on 19 June 2016

Defining Extreme Wildfire Events: Difficulties, Challenges, and Impacts

scholarly article published 25 February 2018

Developing allometric models to predict the individual aboveground biomass of shrubs worldwide

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Development of a model system to predict wildfire behaviour in pine plantations

article

Effects of grazing on plant composition, conservation status and ecosystem services of Natura 2000 shrub-grassland habitat types

scientific article

Empirical modelling of surface fire behaviour in maritime pine stands

Erratum: Using fuel and weather variables to predict the sustainability of surface fire spread in maritime pine stands

scholarly article published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Exploring the capability to forecast wildfires: spatial modelling of the Tavira/São Brás de Alportel 2012 wildfire

scholarly article published 2014

Field-based generic empirical flame length–fireline intensity relationships for wildland surface fires

scholarly article published on 15 January 2024

Fine fuels consumption and CO2 emissions from surface fire experiments in maritime pine stands in northern Portugal

article

Fine-tuning the BFOLDS Fire Regime Module to support the assessment of fire-related functions and services in a changing Mediterranean mountain landscape

scientific article published in 2022

Fire Hazard and Flammability of European Forest Types

article

Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions

Fire resistance of European pines

scientific article published in 2008

Fire spread analysis of early summer field experiments in shrubland fuel types of northwestern Iberia

scientific article published in 2006

Fire spread predictions: Sweeping uncertainty under the rug.

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Forest fires in Galicia (Spain): The outcome of unbalanced fire management

article

Forest fires in Mediterranean countries: CO2 emissions and mitigation possibilities through prescribed burning

scientific article

Fuel age, weather and burn probability in Portugal

article

Fuel dynamics following fire hazard reduction treatments in blue gum ( Eucalyptus globulus ) plantations in Portugal

article

Fuel modelling in terrestrial ecosystems: An overview in the context of the development of an object-orientated database for wild fire analysis

article

Fuel-related fire-behaviour relationships for mixed live and dead fuels burned in the laboratory

Global patterns in fire leverage: the response of annual area burnt to previous fire

article

Hot fire, cool soil

scholarly article

Improving silvicultural practices for Mediterranean forests through fire behaviour modelling using LiDAR-derived canopy fuel characteristics ⬇️

scholarly article

Improving wildfire spread simulations using MODIS active fires: the FIRE-MODSAT project

scholarly article published 2014

Informed debate on the use of fire for peatland management means acknowledging the complexity of socio-ecological systems

scientific article published in 2016

Live Fuel Moisture Content: The ‘Pea Under the Mattress’ of Fire Spread Rate Modeling?

scholarly article published 12 November 2018

Make Europe’s forests climate-smart and fire-smart

scientific article published in 2022

Measuring foliar moisture content with a moisture analyzer

Microclimate and Modeled Fire Behavior Differ Between Adjacent Forest Types in Northern Portugal

article

Modelling natural disturbances in forest ecosystems: a review

article

Natural establishment of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. in burnt stands in Portugal

article

Occurrence of native and exotic invasive trees in burned pine and eucalypt plantations: Implications for post-fire forest conversion

scientific article published in 2013

On the reactive nature of forest fire-related legislation in Portugal: A comment on Mourão and Martinho (2016)

article

PiroPinus: A spreadsheet application to guide prescribed burning operations in maritime pine forest

Plant flammability experiments offer limited insight into vegetation–fire dynamics interactions ⬇️

scientific article published on January 30, 2012

Post-Fire Management of Serotinous Pine Forests

Post-fire forest management in southern Europe: a COST action for gathering and disseminating scientific knowledge

Post-fire live residuals of maritime pine plantations in Portugal: Structure, burn severity, and fire recurrence

article

Post-fire plant diversity and abundance in pine and eucalypt stands in Portugal: Effects of biogeography, topography, forest type and post-fire management

article

Post-fire response variability in Mediterranean Basin tree species in Portugal

article

Prescribed burning in southern Europe: developing fire management in a dynamic landscape

article

Probabilistic fire spread forecast as a management tool in an operational setting.

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

Regeneration of Native Forest Species in Mainland Portugal: Identifying Main Drivers

article

Regional livestock grazing, human demography and fire incidence in the Portuguese landscape

article

Scientific support to prescribed underburning in southern Europe: What do we know?

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

Setting the Scene for Post-Fire Management

Short-Term Recovery of the Aboveground Carbon Stock in Iberian Shrublands at the Extremes of an Environmental Gradient and as a Function of Burn Severity

scientific article published in 2022

Shrub fuel characteristics estimated from overstory variables in NW Spain pine stands

article

State of Wildfires 2023–2024

scientific article published on 14 August 2024

Survival to prescribed fire of plantation-grown Corsican black pine in northern Portugal

article

The FIRE PARADOX project: Towards science-based fire management in Europe

article published in 2011

The dynamics and drivers of fuel and fire in the Portuguese public forest

scientific article

The effect of broadleaf forests in wildfire mitigation in the WUI – A simulation study

scientific article published in 2023

The fire ecology and management of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)

article by Paulo M. Fernandes & Eric Rigolot published March 2007 in Forest Ecology and Management

The peatland vegetation burning debate: keep scientific critique in perspective. A response to Brown et al. and Douglas et al.

scientific article published on 10 October 2016

The role of fire in UK peatland and moorland management: the need for informed, unbiased debate

scientific article

The role of fire-suppression force in limiting the spread of extremely large forest fires in Portugal

article

Understanding the Impact of Different Landscape-Level Fuel Management Strategies on Wildfire Hazard in Central Portugal

scientific article published in 2021

Ungulates mediate trade‐offs between carbon storage and wildfire hazard in Mediterranean oak woodlands

scientific article

Using density management diagrams to assess crown fire potential in Pinus pinaster Ait. stands

article

Using fuel and weather variables to predict the sustainability of surface fire spread in maritime pine stands

Vegetation structure descriptors regulating the presence of wild rabbit in the National Park of Peneda-Ger�s, Portugal

article

Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed

scientific article

List of works by Paulo M. Fernandes

A laboratory-based quantification of the effect of live fuel moisture content on fire spread rate

A remote sensing assessment of oak forest recovery after postfire restoration

A review of prescribed burning effectiveness in fire hazard reduction

Addressing trade-offs among fuel management scenarios through a dynamic and spatial integrated approach for enhanced decision-making in eucalyptus forest

An Empirical Model for the Effect of Wind on Fire Spread Rate

Analysing eucalypt expansion in Portugal as a fire-regime modifier

Assessing the effect of a fuel break network to reduce burnt area and wildfire risk transmission

Bottom-Up Variables Govern Large-Fire Size in Portugal

Changes in wildfire severity from maritime pine woodland to contiguous forest types in the mountains of northwestern Portugal

Characteristics and controls of extremely large wildfires in the western Mediterranean Basin

Climate regulation ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation are enhanced differently by climate- and fire-smart landscape management

Climate- and fire-smart landscape scenarios call for redesigning protection regimes to achieve multiple management goals

Cohesive fire management within an uncertain environment: A review of risk handling and decision support systems

Cork oak vulnerability to fire: the role of bark harvesting, tree characteristics and abiotic factors

Deciphering the impact of uncertainty on the accuracy of large wildfire spread simulations

Defining Extreme Wildfire Events: Difficulties, Challenges, and Impacts

Developing allometric models to predict the individual aboveground biomass of shrubs worldwide

Development of a model system to predict wildfire behaviour in pine plantations

Effects of grazing on plant composition, conservation status and ecosystem services of Natura 2000 shrub-grassland habitat types

Empirical modelling of surface fire behaviour in maritime pine stands

Erratum: Using fuel and weather variables to predict the sustainability of surface fire spread in maritime pine stands

Exploring the capability to forecast wildfires: spatial modelling of the Tavira/São Brás de Alportel 2012 wildfire

Field-based generic empirical flame length–fireline intensity relationships for wildland surface fires

Fine fuels consumption and CO2 emissions from surface fire experiments in maritime pine stands in northern Portugal

Fine-tuning the BFOLDS Fire Regime Module to support the assessment of fire-related functions and services in a changing Mediterranean mountain landscape

Fire Hazard and Flammability of European Forest Types

Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions

Fire resistance of European pines

Fire spread analysis of early summer field experiments in shrubland fuel types of northwestern Iberia

Fire spread predictions: Sweeping uncertainty under the rug.

Forest fires in Galicia (Spain): The outcome of unbalanced fire management

Forest fires in Mediterranean countries: CO2 emissions and mitigation possibilities through prescribed burning

Fuel age, weather and burn probability in Portugal

Fuel dynamics following fire hazard reduction treatments in blue gum ( Eucalyptus globulus ) plantations in Portugal

Fuel modelling in terrestrial ecosystems: An overview in the context of the development of an object-orientated database for wild fire analysis

Fuel-related fire-behaviour relationships for mixed live and dead fuels burned in the laboratory

Global patterns in fire leverage: the response of annual area burnt to previous fire

Hot fire, cool soil

Improving silvicultural practices for Mediterranean forests through fire behaviour modelling using LiDAR-derived canopy fuel characteristics ⬇️

Improving wildfire spread simulations using MODIS active fires: the FIRE-MODSAT project

Informed debate on the use of fire for peatland management means acknowledging the complexity of socio-ecological systems

Live Fuel Moisture Content: The ‘Pea Under the Mattress’ of Fire Spread Rate Modeling?

Make Europe’s forests climate-smart and fire-smart

Measuring foliar moisture content with a moisture analyzer

Microclimate and Modeled Fire Behavior Differ Between Adjacent Forest Types in Northern Portugal

Modelling natural disturbances in forest ecosystems: a review

Natural establishment of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. in burnt stands in Portugal

Occurrence of native and exotic invasive trees in burned pine and eucalypt plantations: Implications for post-fire forest conversion

On the reactive nature of forest fire-related legislation in Portugal: A comment on Mourão and Martinho (2016)

PiroPinus: A spreadsheet application to guide prescribed burning operations in maritime pine forest

Plant flammability experiments offer limited insight into vegetation–fire dynamics interactions ⬇️

Post-Fire Management of Serotinous Pine Forests

Post-fire forest management in southern Europe: a COST action for gathering and disseminating scientific knowledge

Post-fire live residuals of maritime pine plantations in Portugal: Structure, burn severity, and fire recurrence

Post-fire plant diversity and abundance in pine and eucalypt stands in Portugal: Effects of biogeography, topography, forest type and post-fire management

Post-fire response variability in Mediterranean Basin tree species in Portugal

Prescribed burning in southern Europe: developing fire management in a dynamic landscape

Probabilistic fire spread forecast as a management tool in an operational setting.

Regeneration of Native Forest Species in Mainland Portugal: Identifying Main Drivers

Regional livestock grazing, human demography and fire incidence in the Portuguese landscape

Scientific support to prescribed underburning in southern Europe: What do we know?

Setting the Scene for Post-Fire Management

Short-Term Recovery of the Aboveground Carbon Stock in Iberian Shrublands at the Extremes of an Environmental Gradient and as a Function of Burn Severity

Shrub fuel characteristics estimated from overstory variables in NW Spain pine stands

State of Wildfires 2023–2024

Survival to prescribed fire of plantation-grown Corsican black pine in northern Portugal

The FIRE PARADOX project: Towards science-based fire management in Europe

The dynamics and drivers of fuel and fire in the Portuguese public forest

The effect of broadleaf forests in wildfire mitigation in the WUI – A simulation study

The fire ecology and management of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)

The peatland vegetation burning debate: keep scientific critique in perspective. A response to Brown et al. and Douglas et al.

The role of fire in UK peatland and moorland management: the need for informed, unbiased debate

The role of fire-suppression force in limiting the spread of extremely large forest fires in Portugal

Understanding the Impact of Different Landscape-Level Fuel Management Strategies on Wildfire Hazard in Central Portugal

Ungulates mediate trade‐offs between carbon storage and wildfire hazard in Mediterranean oak woodlands

Using density management diagrams to assess crown fire potential in Pinus pinaster Ait. stands

Using fuel and weather variables to predict the sustainability of surface fire spread in maritime pine stands

Vegetation structure descriptors regulating the presence of wild rabbit in the National Park of Peneda-Ger�s, Portugal

Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed