Neger Christoph, Toledo-Jaime Camila, Galicia Leopoldo, Romero-Cuapio Octavio
Academic Unit for Territorial Studies Yucatán, Institute of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mérida, Mexico.
Postgraduate Program in Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
PLoS One. 2025 Aug 4;20(8):e0328233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0328233. eCollection 2025.
Fire management needs to consider the concept of pyrogeography, which highlights the coincidence of different human and natural factors that result in the fire incidence patterns found in a landscape. Recently, several studies have taken this concept further to define regions at the continental, macro-regional or national levels. However, our understanding of this concept is limited at the landscape scale. The present paper aims to adapt this approach at the local level via the hierarchical clustering of fire-related data applied to the La Sepultura biosphere reserve, the protected area with the highest wildfire incidence in Southern Mexico. The resulting clusters were not wholly contiguous yet show a specific spatial distribution. The paper relates these clusters to the spatial configuration of fire management activities in the area. It discusses the usefulness of pyrogeographic zones regarding the strategic planning of fire management activities.
火灾管理需要考虑火地理学的概念，该概念强调了不同人类和自然因素的巧合，这些因素导致了在某一景观中发现的火灾发生模式。最近，一些研究进一步拓展了这一概念，以在大陆、宏观区域或国家层面定义区域。然而，我们在景观尺度上对这一概念的理解是有限的。本文旨在通过对与火灾相关的数据进行层次聚类，将这种方法应用于墨西哥南部野火发生率最高的保护区拉塞普尔图拉生物圈保护区，从而在地方层面采用这种方法。由此产生的聚类并非完全连续，但呈现出特定的空间分布。本文将这些聚类与该地区火灾管理活动的空间配置联系起来。它讨论了火地理区域在火灾管理活动战略规划方面的实用性。
