Even though natural and anthropogenic fires have shaped

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the abstract and stated challenges and stated research gap and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2017 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 87 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Large Recreation Declines Persist for Years after Severe Wildfire but Not after Low-Severity or Prescribed Fire (2026) · cited 1× · doi

  Significance StatementFire management decisions on public lands often overlook recreation and other non-material benefits of nature, in part because evidence is lacking on how fire reshapes human-nature relationships.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: nature significance statementfire management decisions public lands often overlook recreation material benefits part evidence lacking
• Fire history in southern Patagonia: human and climate influences on fire activity in Nothofagus pumilio forests (2017) · Ecosphere · cited 41× · doi

  Due to the scarcity of documentary fire records and the lack of tree‐ring fire histories, little is known about how wildfire activity responds to shifts in the westerly circulation pattern and associated climatic variability in the Andean region south of ~44° S.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: fire scarcity documentary records lack tree ring histories little known wildfire activity responds shifts westerly
• Quantifying post-fire vegetation loss and trace gas emissions from the July 2025 Çeşme wildfire using Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-5P (2026) · Spatial Information Research · doi

  Wildfires have increased in frequency and severity due to climate change. There is a need for rapid assessment of wildfire impacts. The study area is prone to wildfires due to its location in a Mediterranean region.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: wildfires have increased frequency severity due climate change
• Trends in Post-Fire Erosion Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis (2026) · FORESTIST · doi

  There is a need to focus more on post-fire erosion research and increase financial support for such studies, particularly for Mediterranean countries. The study highlights the limited long-term observational data on global fire history.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there need focus post-fire erosion research increase financial
• Trends in Post-Fire Erosion Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis (2026) · FORESTIST · doi

  Post-fire erosion is a complex and interdisciplinary environmental issue. The limited long-term observational data on global fire history poses a challenge to understanding post-fire erosion processes. The increasing frequency and severity of wildfires due to climate change pose a challenge to land management and conservation practices.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: post-fire erosion complex interdisciplinary environmental issue limited long-term
• Fire frequency during the Holocene in central Latvia, northeastern Europe (2021) · Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Geology · cited 4× · doi

  Even though natural and anthropogenic fires have shaped forest composition and landscape characteristics since the last glacial retreat from northeastern Europe, fire frequency is an understudied topic.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: even though natural anthropogenic fires shaped forest composition landscape characteristics last glacial retreat northeastern europe
• Trends in Post-Fire Erosion Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis (2026) · FORESTIST · doi

  Future research should focus on the development of more effective post-fire erosion mitigation strategies. The study suggests the need for increased international cooperation in post-fire erosion research. Further research is needed to understand the impacts of climate change on post-fire erosion processes.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: future research focus development effective post-fire erosion mitigation
• Climate, Fuel, and Land Use Shaped the Spatial Pattern of Wildfire in California’s Sierra Nevada (2021) · Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · cited 41× · doi

  This intensifying fire regime has coincided with a warming climate and increasing human activity, but the relative importance of the biophysical and anthropogenic drivers of wildfire remains unclear across this diverse landscape, especially at a finer spatial scale.

  generalabstractevidence 2/5
  Keywords: intensifying fire regime coincided warming climate increasing human activity relative importance biophysical anthropogenic drivers wildfire

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