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(Wild)fire is not an ecosystem service

dc.contributor.authorSil, Ângelo Filipe
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, João
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Paulo M.
dc.contributor.authorRegos, Adrián
dc.contributor.authorVaz, Ana Sofia
dc.contributor.authorHonrado, João P.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-26T09:53:34Z
dc.date.available2020-02-26T09:53:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIn their paper entitled “Wildfires as an ecosystem service”, Pausas and Keeley (2019) summarize the benefits generated by – as well as the evolutionary and socioecological importance of – wildfires for humankind. Although we recognize the importance of wildfires in such a context, we argue that presenting wildfire per se as an ecosystem service is conceptually incorrect and can be misleading for policy makers and resource managers. Throughout their paper, the authors repeatedly refer to (wild)fire as a potential provider of multiple ecosystem services (and not as an ecosystem service itself, as indicated in their article’s title). We believe that this is more than a dispute over semantics, for such a contradiction could lead to misperceptions about the definition of the term “ ecosystem services”, which is especially concerning in light of its real-world applications to fire management.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipÂS received support from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through PhD grant SFRH/BD/ 132838/2017, funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and by the European Social Fund–Operational Program Human Capital within the 2014–2020 EU Strategic Framework. AR is funded by Xunta de Galicia (post-doctoral fellowship ED481B2016/084-0). This research was developed as part of the project FirESmart (PCIF/MOG/0083/2017), which received funding from the FCT. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationSil, Ângelo Filipe dos Reis Pereira e Cortinhas; Azevedo, João; Fernandes, Paulo M.; Regos, Adrián; Vaz, Ana Sofia; Honrado, João (2019). (Wild)fire is not an ecosystem service. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. ISSN 1540-9295. p. 429-430pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/fee.2106pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1540-9295
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/20675
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.title(Wild)fire is not an ecosystem servicept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage430pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue8pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage429pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Ecology and the Environmentpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume17pt_PT
person.familyNameAzevedo
person.givenNameJoão C.
person.identifier.ciencia-id3F1F-0829-5878
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3061-8261
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rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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