Life with Forest fire on the example of Leuk (VS) 2003
Thomas Wohlgemuth, Alban Brigger, Philipp Gerold, Lucinda Laranjeiro, Marco Moretti, Barbara Moser, Martine Rebetez, Dirk Schmatz, Gustav Schneiter, Stephane Sciacca, Antoine Sierro, Patrick Weibel, Thomas Zumbrunnen & Marco Conedera
| Résumé |
The forest burn of Leuk in the summer of 2003 was the largest fire
event for the last 100 years in the Rhone valley of the canton of
Valais. It serves to demonstrate the various effects of the
stand-replacing fire on flora and fauna. In the report, we document
the fire event and the consecutive urgent measures taken by the
forest service, put into perspective the Leuk burn and other forest
fires in Switzerland, analyse the changes in site conditions and the
related development of biodiversity and tree regeneration. In
respect to climate change, we discuss the forest fire risk and
present the forest fire strategy of the Canton Valais. |
| Citation | Wohlgemuth, T., Brigger, A., Gerold, P., Laranjeiro, L., Moretti, M., Moser, B., Rebetez, M., Schmatz, D., Schneiter, G., Sciacca, S., Sierro, A., Weibel, P., Zumbrunnen, T., & Conedera, M. (2012). Life with Forest fire on the example of Leuk (VS) 2003. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zuerich, 157(3-4), 97-106. |
| Type | Article de périodique (Anglais) |
| Date de publication | 2012 |
| Nom du périodique | Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zuerich |
| Volume | 157 |
| Numéro | 3-4 |
| Pages | 97-106 |