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  • Ecology
  • Environmental Management
  • Geography

Background:

  • Pyrogeography integrates human and natural factors influencing landscape fire patterns.
  • Previous pyrogeographic studies focused on continental or national scales.
  • Understanding fire dynamics at the landscape scale remains limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To adapt pyrogeography to the local landscape scale.
  • To analyze fire incidence patterns in La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve, Southern Mexico.
  • To inform strategic fire management planning.

Main Methods:

  • Hierarchical clustering of fire-related data.
  • Application of the method in La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve.
  • Spatial analysis of fire incidence and management activities.

Main Results:

  • Identified distinct pyrogeographic clusters within the study area.
  • Clusters exhibited specific spatial distributions, though not always contiguous.
  • Spatial configuration of fire management activities was related to these clusters.

Conclusions:

  • Pyrogeographic zoning is useful for local-scale fire management.
  • The approach aids in strategic planning of fire management activities.
  • This study provides a framework for landscape-level pyrogeographic analysis.