Sentence examples for predominant fire from inspiring English sources
The predominant fire regime associated with ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests in the southwestern US has shifted from the historic norm of frequent, low-severity fires to less frequent mixed-severity and crown fires.
Coinciding factors of high fuel continuity and fuel loading, projected lengthening of the fire season, and increased variability in seasonal precipitation suggest that large high-severity fires, especially in mixed-conifer forests, will become the predominant fire type without aggressive actions to reduce fuel continuity and restore fire-resilient forest structure and species composition.
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However, such changes in timing could not explain the change in global response amplitude, as the predominant peak in firing was no less synchronous across the dLGN population in the daylight than mel-low condition.
In protected areas in the Brazilian savannas (Cerrado), the predominant management policy is fire suppression, reflecting a cultural heritage which considers that fire always has a negative impact on biodiversity.
Fire is predominant with the pitta dosha and relates to transformation, metabolism, and digestion.
In the subsequent 2 weeks, resuspended particulate matter and fires were the predominant sources of airborne contaminants; smoldering fires continued to be a source of gaseous and particulate combustion products into December 2001 (Landrigan et al. 2004).
The predominant cause of the fires was from cooking equipment, though arson accounted for 16% of the fires – about 280 churches per year.
Fires are the predominant disturbance on the landscape, and years of large fires are detected in both simulations.
Analysis of PAHs in archived samples of fine particles collected in the WTC area between 23 September 2001 and 27 March 2002 indicated that for 3 months after 11 September, fire was the predominant PAH source but that diesel (truck) sources predominated for the next 3 months (Pleil et al. 2004).
