%0 Journal Article %T Boreal forests and fires: at the beginning of a new era? %A Mollicone D %J Forest@ %D 2007 %I Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) %R - %X A comment is provided on recent papers published in some major scientific journals, dealing with the problem of the increasing frequency of fires in boreal regions. Climatic causes and ecological consequences, in terms of ecosystem competition and forest carbon balance, are discussed. %K Fires %K Return time %K Carbon balance %K Boreal Ecosystem %K Competition %K Climate %U http://www.sisef.it/forest@/showPaper.php?action=html(14,498)&lang=en