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Burning the Seasonal Mosaic: Preventative Burning Strategies in the Wooded Savanna of Southern Mali
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“In flammable biomes, such as tropical savannas and seasonally dry forests, there is often a conflict between fire regimes that support biodiversity and those regimes designed to reduce fire risk to humans and their infrastructure or that support livelihoods such as pastoralism and forestry (Laris, 2002).”
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- Authors
- Laris, P.
- Affiliations
- California State University, Long Beach (US)
- Corresponding author
- Laris, Paul
- ORCID
- Laris, Paul
- Venue
- Human Ecology
- Published
- 2002-06
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 155-186
- ISSN
- 0300-7839 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-9915
- OpenAlex
- W1566010042
- Cited by
- 251
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 4.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Human Ecology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Keywords
- savanna fire management, fire prevention, woodland savanna, southern Mali, rural livelihoods, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity, fire policy, human-nature relationship
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