Sentences with phrase «unburnt areas»

Forest fires create a mosaic of burnt and unburnt areas, shaping the species composition and the age distribution of the forest.

Not exact matches

If such fires recurred with sufficiently high frequency, and in a pattern that left few areas unburnt, it is possible that elevated predation due to fire could reduce small mammals and prevent recovery over large areas.

For each burnt area, we assigned the date of burn, the intensity (intense = 100 % tree scorch and no ground cover remaining unburnt, or mild = all other fires).